Genesis 21:28:4Gen.21.28.W4TAB
כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת
kivsot
“ewe lambs of the”
- Transliteration
- kiv-SOT
- Extended
- kihv-SOHT
- IPA
- /kiv.ˈsoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- ewe lambs of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kiv-SOT
- phraseyour reading level
kiv-SOT ha-TSON
- 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
Rootkaf-bet-sin
“young sheep”
In context — Genesis 21:28
Abraham designated seven ewe lambs from the flock to stand apart.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:28, so the Hebrew word כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת (kivsot) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.28.W4.S1) and character.