2 Samuel 20:21:72 Sam.20.21.W7TAB

שֶׁ֧בַע

sheva

Sheba

Transliteration
SHE-va
Extended
SHEH-vah
IPA
/ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
Sheba

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Result
שֶׁ֧ + בַע
she + va
sheva

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHE-va

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO

  3. clause

    lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR

  4. sentence

    lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA

Exegesis

The noun ish {אִישׁ | ’îš} ‘man’ is located by me-ha-har {מֵהַר | mê-hār} ‘from the hill country’ of efrayim {אֶפְרַיִם | ’e-phray-îm} and further defined by sheva ben-bikhri {שֶׁבַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִי | še-ḇāʿ ben-bikhrî} ‘Sheba son of Bichri.’

In context2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֧בַע (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.20.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W7.S1) and character.