Deuteronomy 15:12:11Deut.15.12.W11TAB
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת
hashviit
“the seventh”
- Transliteration
- ha-shvi-IT
- Extended
- hah-shvee-EET
- IPA
- /haʃ.viˈʔiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the seventh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-shvi-IT
- clause
u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
Exegesis
The temporal phrases ūbaššānāh {וּבַשָּׁנָה | ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh} and the construct haššəḇîʿîṯ šānāh {הַשְּׁבִיעִת שָׁנָה | ha·ššə·ḇî·ʿîṯ šānāh} frame the servitude period.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:12
If your brother the Hebrew man or the Hebrew woman is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him away free from you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 15:12, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת (hashviit) 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 Deut.15.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.12.W11.S1) and character.