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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-A
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-A a-na-SHIM
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.