1 Kings 20:30:81 Kgs.20.30.W8TAB
וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה
veshiva
“and seven”
- Transliteration
- ve-shiv-A
- Extended
- veh-shihv-AA
- IPA
- /vəʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shiv-A
- phraseyour reading level
al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef
- clause
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM u-ven-ha-DAD NAS va-ya-BO el-ha-IR KHE-der be-kha-DER
Exegesis
The numeric construct al-esrim veshivah elef {עַל־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה אֶלֶף | ʿal-ʿeśrîm wə-šīḇāʿâ ʾelep̄} ‘upon twenty and seven thousand’ follows standard Hebrew number sequence with tens before units.
In context — 1 Kings 20:30
And the remaining fled to Aphek, to the city. Then the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of those who remained. Ben-Hadad fled into the city and entered an inner room .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 20:30, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (veshiva) 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.20.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.30.W8.S1) and character.