2 Samuel 21:6:22 Sam.21.6.W2TAB

שִׁבְעָ֤ה

shiva

seven

Transliteration
shiv-A
Extended
shihv-AAH
IPA
/ʃivˈʕaː/

Meaning by language

English
seven

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Result
שִׁבְ + עָ֤ה
shiv + a
shiva

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    shiv-A

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shiv-A a-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    yin-tan-yu-TAN-la-NU shiv-A a-na-SHIM mi-ba-NAV ve-ho-ka-a-NUm la-ye-ho-VAH be-giv-AT sha-UL be-KHIR ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    yin-tan-yu-TAN-la-NU shiv-A a-na-SHIM mi-ba-NAV ve-ho-ka-a-NUm la-ye-ho-VAH be-giv-AT sha-UL be-KHIR ye-ho-VAH va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh a-NI e-TEN

Exegesis

This petition is quantified by šiv-ʿāh {שִׁבְעָ֤ה | šiv-ʿāh} ‘seven’ and targeted to ʾănāšîm {אֲנָשִׁים֙ | ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘men’.

Root and etymology

š-b-‘shin–bet–ayin

oath; sworn promise

In context2 Samuel 21:6

Let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul the chosen of the LORD; and the king said, "I will give them."

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:6, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעָ֤ה (shiva) 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.21.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.6.W2.S1) and character.