Genesis 21:32:4Gen.21.32.W4TAB
שָׁ֑בַע
shava
“Sheba”
- Transliteration
- sha-VA
- Extended
- shah-VAH
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sheba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
sha-VA
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ve-ER sha-VA
- clause
va-yikh-re-TU ve-RIT bi-ve-ER sha-VA
- sentence
va-yikh-re-TU ve-RIT bi-ve-ER sha-VA va-ya-KAM a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O va-ya-SHU-vu el-E-rets pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The locative phrase biveer shava {בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע | bibʾēr šā-ḇaʿ} specifies the well’s name and underscores its covenantal dignity.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–ayin
“to swear, take an oath; to be seven”
In context — Genesis 21:32
They established a covenant at Beersheba , and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:32, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑בַע (shava) 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.21.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.32.W4.S1) and character.