2 Chronicles 28:5:102 Chr.28.5.W10TAB
שִׁבְיָ֣ה
shivya
“captivity or captives”
- Transliteration
- shiv-YA
- Extended
- shihv-YAA
- IPA
- /ʃivˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- captivity or captives
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
shiv-YA
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-YA ge-do-LA
- clause
va-yit-ne-HU ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV be-YAD ME-lekh a-RAM va-ya-KU-VO va-yish-BU mi-ME-nu shiv-YA ge-do-LA va-ya-VI-u dar-ma-SEK
- sentence
va-yit-ne-HU ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV be-YAD ME-lekh a-RAM va-ya-KU-VO va-yish-BU mi-ME-nu shiv-YA ge-do-LA va-ya-VI-u dar-ma-SEK ve-GAM be-YAD-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nit-TAN va-YAKH-VO ma-KA ge-do-LA
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive verbs vayakkuvo {וַיַּ֨כּוּ־ב֔וֹ | wayyakkūwō} ‘and they struck him’ and vayishbu {וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּ | wayyišbû} ‘and they took captive’ is intensified by the noun phrase shivyah gedolah {שִׁבְיָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה | šiḇyāh ɡəḏōlāh} ‘a great captivity’.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ה
“captivity, seizure”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:5
And the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they struck him and carried off from him a great captivity , and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great blow.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 28:5, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְיָ֣ה (shivya) 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.28.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.5.W10.S1) and character.