Deuteronomy 19:8:6Deut.19.8.W6TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֖ע
nishba
“he swore”
- Transliteration
- nish-BA
- Extended
- nish-BAH
- IPA
- /niʃˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he swore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER nish-BA
- clause
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ve-na-TAN le-KHA et-KOL-ha-A-retz a-SHER di-BER la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The comparative ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘as’ introduces the covenantal basis with nishba {נִשְׁבַּע | niš-baʿ} ‘he swore’.
Root and etymology
sh-b-‘shin–bet–ayin
“to swear, take an oath”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:8
And if the LORD your God enlarges your border as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land that He spoke to give to your ancestors.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 19:8, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֖ע (nishba) 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.19.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.8.W6.S1) and character.