וּשְׁוָ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּשְׁוָ֖א

   u-she-VA

   and Sheva
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ושיא וּשְׁוָ֖א

   ve-SI u-she-VA

   and Sheva and Sheva
3. clause🔊 ושיא וּשְׁוָ֖א סֹפֵ֑ר

   ve-SI u-she-VA so-FER

   and Sheva and Sheva scribe or secretary
4. sentence🔊 ושיא וּשְׁוָ֖א סֹפֵ֑ר וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃

   ve-SI u-she-VA so-FER ve-tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM

   and Sheva and Sheva scribe or secretary and Zadok and Abiathar priests

Exegesis

U-sheva {וּשְׁוָא | ū-šə-wā} ‘and Sheva’ links directly to sofer {סֹפֵר | sō-fēr} ‘scribe’ without an explicit copula, mirrored by ve-tsadok {וְצָד֥וֹק | wə-ṣā-ḏō-q} ‘and Zadok’ and ve-evyatar {וְאֶבְיָתָר | wə-’eb-yā-tār} ‘and Abiathar’ forming kohanim {כֹּהֲנִים | kō-hă-nīm} ‘priests.’ English supplies “was/were” or “served as” to render the implied verb, preserving the catalog-like tone of the appointment list.