Genesis 14:17:12Gen.14.17.W12TAB

שָׁוֵ֔ה

shave

Shaveh

Transliteration
sha-VE
Extended
shah-VEH
IPA
/ʃaːˈveː/

Meaning by language

English
Shaveh

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Result
שָׁ + וֵ֔ה
sha + ve
shave

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-VE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-E-mek sha-VE

  3. clause

    el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase el emek-shaveh {אֶל עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה | ʾel ʿê-meq šā-wê} ‘to the Valley of Shaveh’ specifies the meeting place.

In contextGenesis 14:17

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking down Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh , which is the Valley of the King .

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word שָׁוֵ֔ה (shave) 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 Gen.14.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W12.S1) and character.