1 Kings 19:18:31 Kgs.19.18.W3TAB
שִׁבְעַ֣ת
shivat
“seven of”
- Transliteration
- shiv-AT
- Extended
- shihv-AHT
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-AT
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT a-la-FIM
- clause
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The construct sequence shivʿat alafim {שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֑ים | šivʿat ʾălāp̄îm} ‘seven thousand’ denotes a collective remnant via numeral-noun pairing.
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעַ֣ת (shivat) 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.19.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W3.S1) and character.