2 Samuel 20:2:72 Sam.20.2.W7TAB
שֶׁ֣בַע
sheva
“Sheba”
- Transliteration
- SHE-va
- Extended
- SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sheba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
SHE-va
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- clause
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-’achare david {מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד | me-’a-ḥǎ-rê dā-wī-ḏ} ‘from after David’ marks the shift of loyalty, which is reinforced by the construct achare sheva ben-bikhri {אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י | ’a-ḥǎ-rê še-ḇāʿ ben-bī-khrī} ‘after Sheba son of Bichri’.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֣בַע (sheva) 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 Sam.20.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W7.S1) and character.