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

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Result
כִּבְ + שֹׂ֥ת
kiv + sot
kivsot

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    kiv-SOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kiv-SOT ha-TSON

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.