1 Chronicles 21:12:241 Chr.21.12.W24TAB
מָֽה־אָשִׁ֥יב
maoshiv
“what I shall return”
- Transliteration
- MA-o-SHIV
- Extended
- MAA-oh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /ˈmaː.ʔɔːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- what I shall return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
MA-o-SHIV
- phraseyour reading level
MA-o-SHIV et-sho-le-KHI
- clause
ve-a-TA re-E MA-o-SHIV et-sho-le-KHI da-VAR
- sentence
im-sha-LOSH sha-NIM ra-AV ve-im-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM nis-pe mip-pe-NE-tsa-re-KHA ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET ve-im-she-LO-shet ya-MIM KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver ba-A-rets u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH mash-KHIT be-khol-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL ve-a-TA re-E MA-o-SHIV et-sho-le-KHI da-VAR
Root and etymology
ʾ-šAleph–Shin
“fire”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:12
If three years of famine, or if three months of devastation before your adversaries with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or if three days of the sword of the LORD and pestilence in the land with the angel of the LORD destroying across all the borders of Israel—now see what answer I shall return as a message to the one who sent me.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:12:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 1 Chronicles 21:12, so the Hebrew word מָֽה־אָשִׁ֥יב (maoshiv) 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 1 Chr.21.12.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.12.W24.S1) and character.