Psalm 15:1:6Ps.15.1.W6TAB
מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן
miyishkon
“who will dwell”
- Transliteration
- MI-yish-KON
- Extended
- MEE-yish-KOHN
- IPA
- /miː.jiʃˈkoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- who will dwell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MI-yish-KON
- clause
MI-yish-KON be-HAR kod-SHE-kha
- sentence
miz-MOR le-da-VID ye-ho-VAH MI-ya-GUR be-o-ha-le-KHA MI-yish-KON be-HAR kod-SHE-kha
Exegesis
Two chiastically arranged questions start with the interrogative pronoun mî {מִי־ | mî} “who,” each followed by a Qal imperfect—yāgûr {יָג֣וּר | yā-gûr} “will sojourn” and yiškōn {יִשְׁכֹּן | yiš-kōn} “will dwell.”
In context — Psalm 15:1
A Psalm of David. LORD , who may be a guest in Your tent ? Who may make his home on Your holy hill?
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 15:1, so the Hebrew word מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן (miyishkon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ps.15.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.1.W6.S1) and character.