Genesis 21:28:3Gen.21.28.W3TAB
אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע
etsheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- et-SHE-va
- Extended
- eht-SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-SHE-va
- sentence
va-yat-TSEV av-ra-HAM et-SHE-va kiv-SOT ha-TSON le-vad-de-HEN
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks the subsequent noun phrase as a direct object, which is a construct chain sheva kivsot hatson {שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן | še-ḇaʿ kib-śōṯ ha-ṣ-ṣōʾn} ‘seven ewe lambs of the flock’.
Root and etymology
sh-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“to swear, take an oath”
In context — Genesis 21:28
Abraham designated seven ewe lambs from the flock to stand apart.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 21:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע (etsheva) 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.21.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.28.W3.S1) and character.