2 Samuel 20:22:72 Sam.20.22.W7TAB
שֶׁ֤בַע
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
et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The final ve-Yo’av shav Yerushalayim el ha-melekh {וְיוֹאָ֛ב שָׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏יִם אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ} closes the narrative with Joab’s return to royal order, preserving the sequence of resolution and restoration.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֤בַע (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.20.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W7.S1) and character.