2 Chronicles 19:4:82 Chr.19.4.W8TAB
שֶׁ֙בַע֙
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- SHE-va
- Extended
- SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /mib.bəˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-va
- phraseyour reading level
mib-be-ER SHE-va
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-ye-TSI va-AM mib-be-ER SHE-va ad-HAHR ef-ra-YIM va-ye-shi-VEM el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-SHEV ye-ho-sha-FAT bi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-SHAV va-ye-TSI va-AM mib-be-ER SHE-va ad-HAHR ef-ra-YIM va-ye-shi-VEM el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
Exegesis
The geographic expression mibbēr šēḇaʿ ʿad har ʾephrayim {מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע עַד־הַר אֶפְרַיִם | mibbēr šēḇaʿ ʿad har ʾephrayim} delineates a south-to-north itinerary.
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:4
While Jehoshaphat stayed in Jerusalem, he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, turning them back to the LORD , the God of their ancestors.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 19:4, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֙בַע֙ (sheva) 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 2 Chr.19.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.4.W8.S1) and character.