Exodus 20:11:11Exod.20.11.W11TAB
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י
hashveeee
“the seventh”
- Transliteration
- hash-vee-EE
- Extended
- hahsh-vee-EE
- IPA
- /haʃ.viˈʔiː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-vee-EE
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-vee-EE
- clause
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE
- sentence
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE al-KEN be-RAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-YOM hash-sha-BAT va-ye-kad-SHE-hu
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with the wayyiqtol vayyanach {וַיָּנַח | way-yā-naḥ} ‘and he rested’, temporally specified by ba-yom ha-shevi‘i {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י | bay-yōm haš-šə-bî-ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’.
In context — Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD created the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is within them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 20:11, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י (hashveeee) 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.20.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.11.W11.S1) and character.