1 Samuel 16:10:31 Sam.16.10.W3TAB
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shivat
“seven of”
- Transliteration
- shiv-AT
- Extended
- shiv-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 ba-NAV
- clause
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
Exegesis
The construct chain šiv‘at bānāyw {שִׁבְעַת בָּנָיו | šiv‘at bānāyw} groups the sons as seven without naming individuals.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעַ֥ת (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 Sam.16.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.10.W3.S1) and character.