Daniel 10:3:13Dan.10.3.W13TAB
שָׁבֻעִ֖ים
shavuim
“weeks”
- Transliteration
- sha-vu-IM
- Extended
- shah-voo-EEM
- IPA
- /ʃaː.vuˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- weeks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-vu-IM
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet sha-vu-IM
- clause
ad-me-LOT she-LO-shet sha-vu-IM ya-MIM
- sentence
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT LO a-KHAL-ti u-va-SAR va-YA-yin lo-VA el-PI ve-SOKH lo-SAKH-ti ad-me-LOT she-LO-shet sha-vu-IM ya-MIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause ad-melot {עַד־מְלֹאת | ʿaḏ-məlōṯ} ‘until the completion of’ combined with sheloshet {שְׁלֹשֶׁת | šəlōšeṯ} ‘three’ and shavuim yamim {שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים | šāvûʿîm yāmîm} ‘weeks of days’ forms a Hebrew idiom for a precise three-week period. The English parallels the triadic structure and adds “at all” and “whole” to convey emphatic scope.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–ayin
“week”
In context — Daniel 10:3
I ate no desirable bread , nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all , until the completion of three weeks.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 10:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁבֻעִ֖ים (shavuim) 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 Dan.10.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.3.W13.S1) and character.