Deuteronomy 21:10:8Deut.21.10.W8TAB
וְשָׁבִ֥יתָ
veshavita
“and you take captive”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-VI-ta
- Extended
- veh-shah-VEE-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈviːtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you take captive
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-VI-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-VI-ta shiv-YO
- clause
u-ne-TA-no Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-ya-de-KHA ve-sha-VI-ta shiv-YO
- sentence
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-vei-KHA u-ne-TA-no Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-ya-de-KHA ve-sha-VI-ta shiv-YO
Exegesis
The second vav consecutive in veshevita {וְשָׁבִיתָ | wə-šā-ḇī-ṯā} ‘and you take captive’ continues the result sequence, and shivyo {שִׁבְיוֹ | šib-yô} ‘his captivity’ functions as the object in construct form. The parallel vav-consecutive clauses frame a theology of divine initiative followed by human response.
Root and etymology
sh-b-hshin, bet, heh
“to capture”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:10
When you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD your God gives them into your hand , and you capture their captives.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:10, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁבִ֥יתָ (veshavita) 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.21.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.10.W8.S1) and character.