Deuteronomy 16:9:2Deut.16.9.W2TAB
שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת
shavuot
“weeks”
- Transliteration
- sha-vu-OT
- Extended
- shaa-voo-OHT
- IPA
- /ʃaːvuˈʔot/
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-vu-OT
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
- clause
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT tis-PAR-lakh
- sentence
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT tis-PAR-lakh me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH ta-KHEL lis-POR shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
Root and etymology
שׁ־ב־ע
“seven; week”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:9
You shall count seven weeks for yourself, and from the time you begin to put the sickle into the standing grain, you shall begin to count seven weeks.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת (shavuot) 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.16.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.9.W2.S1) and character.