Exodus 34:21:6Exod.34.21.W6TAB
תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת
tishbot
“shall rest”
- Transliteration
- tish-BOT
- Extended
- tish-BOHT
- IPA
- /tiʃ.ˈboːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall rest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-BOT
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT be-kha-RISH u-va-ka-TSIR tish-BOT
Exegesis
The imperfect ṯiš-bōṯ {תִּשְׁבֹּת | ṯiš-bōṯ} recurs, framing an inclusio that intensifies prohibition.
Root and etymology
š-b-tshin–bet–tav
“to cease, rest”
In context — Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing and in harvest you shall rest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 34:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 34:21, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת (tishbot) 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.34.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.34.21.W6.S1) and character.