2 Kings 21:7:192 Kgs.21.7.W19TAB
שִׁבְטֵ֣י
shivte
“tribes of”
- Transliteration
- shiv-TE
- Extended
- shihv-TEH
- IPA
- /ʃivˈṭeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribes of
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-TE
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The construct chain šibṭê yiśrāʼēl {שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | šibṭê yiśrāʼēl} ‘tribes of Israel’ designates the chosen community.
In context — 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the carved image of Asherah which he had made in the house , of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:7:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְטֵ֣י (shivte) 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.21.7.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W19.S1) and character.