1 Samuel 24:21:21 Sam.24.21.W2TABWLC 1 Samuel 24:22
הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה
hishavea
“swear”
- Transliteration
- hi-sha-VE-a
- Extended
- hih-shah-VEH-ah
- IPA
- /hiʃ.ʃaːˈvɛ.ʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- swear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hi-sha-VE-a
- phraseyour reading level
hi-sha-VE-a LI
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-sha-VE-a LI ba-ye-ho-VAH im-ta-kh-RIT et-zar-I a-kha-RAI ve-im-ta-shi-MID et-she-MI mi-BET A-VI
Exegesis
The Pi‘el imperative hishav‘ah {הִשָּׁבְעָ֖ה | hišḇā‘ā} ‘swear’ establishes a binding demand.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ע
“to swear, bind by oath”
In context — 1 Samuel 24:21
And now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name from the house of my father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 24:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה (hishavea) 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.24.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.24.21.W2.S1) and character.