2 Kings 18:26:42 Kgs.18.26.W4TAB
וְשֶׁבְנָ֨ה
veshevna
“and Shebna”
- Transliteration
- ve-shev-NA
- Extended
- veh-shehv-NAA
- IPA
- /vəʃɛvˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shebna
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shev-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The coordinated vav elements ve-shevna {וְשֶׁבְנָה | wə-šev-nā} and ve-yoach {וְיוֹאָח | wə-yō-ʾā-ḥ} enumerate the speakers.
In context — 2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh , “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic , for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁבְנָ֨ה (veshevna) 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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.26.W4.S1) and character.