Exodus 23:11:1Exod.23.11.W1TAB
וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת
vehashsheveeit
“and the seventh”
- Transliteration
- ve-hash-she-vee-IT
- Extended
- veh-hahsh-sheh-vee-IHT
- IPA
- /və.haʃ.ʃə.viːˈʕiθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the seventh
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hash-she-vee-IT
- clause
ve-hash-she-vee-IT tish-me-TEN-na oo-ne-tash-TAH ve-akh-LU ev-yo-NEI am-ME-kha ve-yit-RAM toh-a-KHAL khai-YAT ha-sa-DE
- sentence
ve-hash-she-vee-IT tish-me-TEN-na oo-ne-tash-TAH ve-akh-LU ev-yo-NEI am-ME-kha ve-yit-RAM toh-a-KHAL khai-YAT ha-sa-DE ken-ta-a-SE le-khar-me-KHA le-zey-TE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunctive ordinal vehashvi’it {וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת | və-ha-šə-vī-ʿîṯ} marking the sabbatical cycle.
In context — Exodus 23:11
But in the seventh year you shall let the land rest and you shall abandon it so that the poor of your people may eat, and what remains the wild beast of the field may eat. You shall do the same for your vineyard and for your olive grove.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:11, so the Hebrew word וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת (vehashsheveeit) 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.23.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.11.W1.S1) and character.