2 Kings 17:25:32 Kgs.17.25.W3TAB
שִׁבְתָּ֣ם
shivtam
“their dwelling”
- Transliteration
- shiv-TAM
- Extended
- shiv-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʃivˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their dwelling
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-TAM SHAM
- clause
va-ye-HI bit-khi-LAT shiv-TAM SHAM LO yar-E-u et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI bit-khi-LAT shiv-TAM SHAM LO yar-E-u et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-LAKH ye-ho-VAH ba-HEM et-ha-a-ra-YOT va-yih-YU hor-GIM ba-HEM
Exegesis
The initial clause begins with vayhi {וַיְהִ֗י | way·yə·hî} ‘and it happened’, followed by the temporal phrase bitkhilat {בִּתְחִלַּת֙ | bit·ḥil·lāt} ‘at the beginning of’ with the construct noun shivtām {שִׁבְתָּ֣ם | šiv·tām} ‘their dwelling’ and the locative sham {שָׁ֔ם | šām} ‘there’, setting time and place.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Kings 17:25
And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there that they did not fear the LORD , and the LORD sent among them the lions, and they were killing among them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:25, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְתָּ֣ם (shivtam) 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.17.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.25.W3.S1) and character.