2 Kings 19:2:42 Kgs.19.2.W4TAB
וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א
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' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shev-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM el-ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI ben-A-mots
Exegesis
Appositional coordination appears in ve-Shevna ha-sofer {וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר | wə-šev-nāʾ ha-ṣō-p̄er}, clarifying Shebna’s office.
In context — 2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Elyakim , who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests, who were covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א (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.19.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W4.S1) and character.