Exodus 15:27:8Exod.15.27.W8TAB
וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים
veshiveem
“and seventy”
- Transliteration
- ve-shiv-EEM
- Extended
- veh-shiv-EEM
- IPA
- /wə.ʃivˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seventy
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shiv-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM va-ya-kha-noo-SHAM al-ha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The conjoined cardinal veshiv’im temarim {וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים תְּמָרִ֑ים | wə-šî-vîm tə-mā-rîm} ‘and seventy palm trees’ follows standard numeral-noun order.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea”
In context — Exodus 15:27
And they came to Elim, and there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees , and they camped there by the waters.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 15:27, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים (veshiveem) 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.15.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.27.W8.S1) and character.