Deuteronomy 21:2:7Deut.21.2.W7TAB

סְבִיבֹ֥ת

sevivot

around

Transliteration
se-vi-VOT
Extended
seh-vee-VOHT
IPA
/səviːˈvoːt/

Meaning by language

English
around

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
סְ + בִי + בֹ֥ת
se + vi + vot
sevivot

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-vi-VOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL

  3. clause

    u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL

  4. sentence

    ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase el he’arim {אֶל־הֶעָרִים | ʾel-he-‘ā-rîm} ‘to the cities’ enters a construct chain with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ modifying sevivot {סְבִיבֹת | sə-vî-vôṯ} ‘surrounding’, relating spatially to hechalal {הֶחָלָל | he-ḥā-lāl} ‘the slain’ in a relative clause. The Hebrew verbal sequencing and construct chains are rendered by preserving the sequential directives and relative clause structure in English to maintain the legal and investigative emphasis.

In contextDeuteronomy 21:2

Then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities surrounding the slain .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 21:2, so the Hebrew word סְבִיבֹ֥ת (sevivot) 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.21.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.2.W7.S1) and character.