1 Kings 20:29:41 Kgs.20.29.W4TAB
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 ya-MIM
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The construct šivʿat yāmîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šivʿat yāmîm} marks the seven-day duration, while the temporal clause bayyôm haš-šəbiʿî {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | bayyôm haš-šəbiʿî} pinpoints the climactic seventh day.
In context — 1 Kings 20:29
And these encamped opposite one another for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that the battle drew near, and the sons of Israel struck down Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:29, 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.20.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.29.W4.S1) and character.