2 Kings 15:1:32 Kgs.15.1.W3TAB
וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙
vasheva
“and seven”
- Transliteration
- va-SHE-va
- Extended
- vaa-SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /vaːˈʃɛ.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
va-SHE-va
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-zar-YA ben-a-mats-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The numerals are stated additively—esrim vasheva {עֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע | ʿeśrîm wāšéḇaʿ} ‘twenty and seven’—followed by shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’, together functioning idiomatically as “twenty-seventh year.”
In context — 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word וָשֶׁ֙בַע֙ (vasheva) 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.15.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.1.W3.S1) and character.