2 Samuel 21:9:102 Sam.21.9.W10TAB
שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם
shevattam
“the seven of them”
- Transliteration
- she-vat-TAM
- Extended
- sheh-vaht-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʃəvatˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the seven of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-vat-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM
- clause
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad
- sentence
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM
Exegesis
The clause vayyippəlu šə-ḇaʿ-tām yāḥaḏ {וַיִּפְּלוּ שְׁבַעְתָּם יָחַד | va-yip-pə-lū šə-ḇaʿ-tām yā-ḥaḏ} ‘and the seven fell together’ uses an imperfect verb plus adverb to signal simultaneous action.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“seven, completeness”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:9
And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD , and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם (shevattam) 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.21.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.9.W10.S1) and character.