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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-she-vi-IT
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM
- 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 context — 1 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.