Exodus 24:1:9Exod.24.1.W9TAB
וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים
veshiveem
“and seventy”
- Transliteration
- ve-shiv-EEM
- Extended
- veh-shiv-EEM
- IPA
- /wəʃivˈʕiːm/
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
- clause
ve-el-mo-SHE a-MAR a-LE el-ye-ho-VAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON na-DAV va-a-vi-HU ve-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-el-mo-SHE a-MAR a-LE el-ye-ho-VAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON na-DAV va-a-vi-HU ve-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-hish-ta-kha-vi-TEM me-ra-KHOK
Exegesis
The pronoun atta {אַתָּה | ʾattāh} ‘you’ addresses Moses, followed by ve-aharon nadab avihu ve-shivim mi-ziqne yisrael {וְאַהֲרֹן֙ נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | wə-ʾă-hărōn Nā-ḏāḇ wā-ʾă-bî-hû-’ā wə-šī-ḇî-’îm mî-ziq-qə-nê yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,’ balancing individual leadership with collective representation.
In context — Exodus 24:1
And He said to Moses, “Go up to the LORD , you, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall bow down from a distance.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 24:1, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים (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.24.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.1.W9.S1) and character.