1 Kings 18:44:21 Kgs.18.44.W2TAB

בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית

basheviit

at the seventh {time}

Transliteration
ba-she-vi-IT
Extended
bah-sheh-vee-EET
IPA
/baʃ.ʃəviˈʕiːt/

Meaning by language

English
at the seventh {time}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + שְּׁ + בִ + עִ֔ית
ba + she + vi + it
basheviit

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-she-vi-IT

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem

Exegesis

The temporal phrase bashviit {בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית | baš-šēʿīt} marks the seventh cycle of drought monitoring.

In context1 Kings 18:44

And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 18:44:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית (basheviit) 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.18.44.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W2.S1) and character.