1 Kings 18:35:31 Kgs.18.35.W3TAB
סָבִ֖יב
saviv
“around”
- Transliteration
- sa-VIV
- Extended
- saa-VEEV
- IPA
- /saːˈviːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- around
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-VIV
- clause
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
Exegesis
The adverb sāḇîḇ {סָבִ֖יב | sāḇîḇ} ‘around’ precedes the prepositional phrase lammizbēaḥ {לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | lammizbēaḥ} ‘to/at the altar’, portraying complete encirclement.
In context — 1 Kings 18:35
And the water went around the altar , and it also filled the trench with water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word סָבִ֖יב (saviv) 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.18.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.35.W3.S1) and character.