Exodus 2:21:3Exod.2.21.W3PAT

לָשֶׁ֣בֶת

lashevet

to dwell

Transliteration
la-SHE-vet
Extended
lah-SHEH-vet
IPA
/laːˈʃɛ.vɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
to dwell
French
demeurer
Spanish
habitar
Portuguese
habitar
German
zu wohnen
Russian
жить
Arabic-Simplified
لِيَسْكُنَ
Hindi
रहने
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
거주하기
Indonesian
tinggal
Bengali
থাকতে
Tagalog
manirahan
Swahili
kukaa
Amharic
ለመኖር
Yoruba
láti gbé
Igbo
ịnọ
Twi
tena
Ewe
anɔ

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Result
לָ + שֶׁ֣ + בֶת
la + she + vet
lashevet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-SHE-vet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-SHE-vet et-ha-ISH

  3. clause

    va-yo-EL mo-SHE la-SHE-vet et-ha-ISH

  4. sentence

    va-yo-EL mo-SHE la-SHE-vet et-ha-ISH va-yit-TEN et-tsi-po-RA vit-TO le-mo-SHE

In contextExodus 2:21

and was willing Moses to dwell the man and gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses

About this coordinate

Exodus 2:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 2:21, so the Hebrew word לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lashevet) 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 Exod.2.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.21.W3.S1) and character.