1 Kings 14:21:101 Kgs.14.21.W10TAB
וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע
ushava
“and seven”
- Transliteration
- u-sha-VA
- Extended
- oo-shah-VAA
- IPA
- /uː.ʃăˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-sha-VA
- phraseyour reading level
u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
- sentence
u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
Exegesis
The phrase bəmalkô {בְּמָלְכוֹ | bəmalkô} ‘in his reigning’ functions adverbially, and the number is built additively: û-šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh {וּשֲׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה | û-šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh} ‘seven-ten’ = seventeen.
In context — 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam , the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Forty-one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to set His Name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע (ushava) 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 Kgs.14.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W10.S1) and character.