Exodus 20:10:3Exod.20.10.W3TAB
שַׁבָּ֖֣ת
shabat
“a Sabbath”
- Transliteration
- sha-BAT
- Extended
- shah-BAAT
- IPA
- /ʃabˈbaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a Sabbath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-BAT
- clause
ve-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ve-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha loh-ta-a-SEH kohl-meh-la-KHAH a-TAH oo-vin-KHA-oo-vit-TEH-kha av-DE-kha va-a-MAT-kha oo-veh-hem-TE-kha ve-ger-KHA a-SHER bish-ah-REH-kha
Exegesis
The ordinal hashvi‘i {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י | haš-šə-bî-ʿî} modifies shabbat {שַׁבָּ֖֣ת | šabbāṯ} “sabbath, rest,” identifying a consecrated timeframe.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-beth-tav
“to cease, rest”
In context — Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God . On that day you shall not do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your sojourner who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:10, so the Hebrew word שַׁבָּ֖֣ת (shabat) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.10.W3.S1) and character.