Exodus 16:26:5Exod.16.26.W5TAB
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֛י
hashsheveeee
“the seventh”
- Transliteration
- hash-she-vee-EE
- Extended
- hahsh-sheh-vee-EE
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃə.viː.ˈʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the seventh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-she-vee-EE
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE
- clause
u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE shab-BAT LO yih-yeh-BO
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM til-ke-TU-hu u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE shab-BAT LO yih-yeh-BO
Exegesis
The coordinate prepositional phrase uvayom {וּבַיּוֹם | û-ḇa-yôm} ‘and in the day’ introduces a temporal contrast, with the ordinal hashhevi'i {הַשְּׁבִיעִי | haš-šə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘the seventh’ and appositional shabbat {שַׁבָּת | šab-bāṯ} ‘Sabbath’ specifying its covenantal identity.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–beth–ayin
“to complete”
In context — Exodus 16:26
For six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath , there will be none.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:26, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִיעִ֛י (hashsheveeee) 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.16.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.26.W5.S1) and character.