2 Chronicles 2:18:32 Chr.2.18.W3TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:17
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shiviim
“seventy”
- Transliteration
- shiv-I-im
- Extended
- shiv-IH-ihm
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- seventy
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
shiv-I-im
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-I-im E-lef
- clause
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR
- sentence
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR u-she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT me-na-tse-KHIM le-ha-a-VID ET-ha-AM
Exegesis
Hebrew numbers follow scale order in šivʿîm ʾelep̄ {שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף | šivʿîm ʾelep̄} ‘seventy thousand’ and ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄ {וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄} ‘eighty thousand’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:18
And he appointed from among them seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 2:18, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעִ֥ים (shiviim) 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.2.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.18.W3.S1) and character.