2 Chronicles 25:12:42 Chr.25.12.W4TAB
שָׁבוּ֙
shavu
“they captured”
- Transliteration
- sha-VU
- Extended
- shaa-VOO
- IPA
- /ʃaˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they captured
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
sha-VU
- clause
va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM kha-YIM sha-VU be-NEI ye-hu-DA va-ye-vi-U-m le-ROSH ha-sa-LA
- sentence
va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM kha-YIM sha-VU be-NEI ye-hu-DA va-ye-vi-U-m le-ROSH ha-sa-LA va-ya-shli-KHU-m me-ROSH-ha-SE-la ve-khu-LAM niv-ka-U
Exegesis
The finite verb shavu {שָׁבוּ֙ | šāḇû} ‘they captured’ is followed by an explicit subject, bnei yehudah {בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה | bənê yəhûḏāh} ‘sons of Judah’, a common Hebrew narrative pattern that re-identifies the actor after the action is introduced.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–bet–heh
“to take captive”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:12
And the sons of Judah captured ten thousand alive and brought them to the top of the cliff, and they hurled them from the top of the cliff, and all of them were split open.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁבוּ֙ (shavu) 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.25.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.12.W4.S1) and character.