2 Kings 13:1:142 Kgs.13.1.W14TAB
שְׁבַ֥ע
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- she-VA
- Extended
- sheh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʃəˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
she-VA e-se-RE
- clause
ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM ve-sha-LOSH sha-NA le-yo-ASH BEN-a-khaz-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse ends with a bare duration expression, sheva esreh shanah {שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה | šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh šānāh} ‘seventeen years,’ which English naturally renders as a concluding time-span (“for seventeen years”) tied to the reign just announced.
In context — 2 Kings 13:1
In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 13:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁבַ֥ע (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 Kgs.13.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.1.W14.S1) and character.