2 Chronicles 24:1:132 Chr.24.1.W13TAB
שָֽׁבַע׃
shava
“Sheba”
- Transliteration
- SHA-va
- Extended
- SHAA-vah
- IPA
- /ˈʃaː.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sheba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
SHA-va
- phraseyour reading level
mib-BE-ER SHA-va
- clause
ve-SHEM i-MO tsiv-YA mib-BE-ER SHA-va
- sentence
ben-SHE-va sha-NIM yo-ASH be-mal-KHO ve-ar-ba-IM sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO tsiv-YA mib-BE-ER SHA-va
Exegesis
The verse opens with the regnal-age idiom ben-sheva shanim {בֶּן־שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים | bēn-ševaʿ šānîm} ‘son of seven years,’ a nominal expression that states age by placing “son” before the number.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-ʿʿ-b-ʿ
“to be satisfied, be sated”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he became king , and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beersheba .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 24:1, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁבַע׃ (shava) 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.24.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.1.W13.S1) and character.