Daniel 4:16:9Dan.4.16.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:13
וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה
veshiva
“and seven”
- Transliteration
- ve-shiv-A
- Extended
- veh-shihv-AH
- IPA
- /vəʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-shiv-A
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shiv-A i-da-NIN
- clause
ve-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
- sentence
le-vav-HEH min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON u-le-VAV KHEI-va yit-ya-HIV LEH ve-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
Exegesis
The final clause veshivʿa iddanin {וְשִׁבְעָה עִדָּנִין | wə-šiḇʿā ʿiddānîn} “and seven times” introduces a temporal limit.
In context — Daniel 4:16
His heart shall be changed from that of a man, and the heart of a beast shall be given to him, and seven times shall pass over him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:16, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (veshiva) 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.4.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.16.W9.S1) and character.