Exodus 13:11:7Exod.13.11.W7TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nishba
“he swore”
- Transliteration
- nish-BA
- Extended
- nihsh-BAH
- IPA
- /niʃ.ˈbaʕ/
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
nish-BA le-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets ha-ke-na-a-NEE ka-a-SHER nish-BA le-KHA ve-la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets ha-ke-na-a-NEE ka-a-SHER nish-BA le-KHA ve-la-a-vo-TE-kha u-ne-ta-NAH LAKH
Exegesis
The connector ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘just as’ introduces the relative clause containing nishba‘ {נִשְׁבַּ֥ע | niš-baʿ} ‘he swore’ in the Nifal perfect, which recalls the earlier divine oath.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“to swear”
In context — Exodus 13:11
And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite , as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 13:11, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֥ע (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 Exod.13.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.11.W7.S1) and character.