2 Samuel 21:7:62 Sam.21.7.W6TAB
עַל־שְׁבֻעַ֤ת
alshevuat
“because of the oath of”
- Transliteration
- al-she-vu-AT
- Extended
- ahl-sheh-vuh-AHT
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃəvuˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of the oath of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-she-vu-AT
- phraseyour reading level
al-she-vu-AT ye-ho-VAH
- clause
al-she-vu-AT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER be-i-no-TAM BEN da-VID u-VEN ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh al-me-fi-VO-shet ben-ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL al-she-vu-AT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER be-i-no-TAM BEN da-VID u-VEN ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases ʿal Məphīḇōšeṯ {עַל־מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת | ʿal-Məphīḇōšeṯ} and ʿal shevū‘āh Yəhōwāh {עַל־שְׁבֻעַת־יְהוָה | ʿal-shevū‘āh Yəhōwāh} introduce the object spared and its motivating reason.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“seven, completeness”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 21:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁבֻעַ֤ת (alshevuat) 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.21.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.7.W6.S1) and character.