Genesis 41:18:4Gen.41.18.W4TAB
שֶׁ֣בַע
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- SHE-va
- Extended
- SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-va
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-va pa-ROT
- clause
ve-hin-NE min-ha-ye-OR o-LOT SHE-va pa-ROT be-ri-OT ba-SAR vi-FOT TO-ar
- sentence
ve-hin-NE min-ha-ye-OR o-LOT SHE-va pa-ROT be-ri-OT ba-SAR vi-FOT TO-ar va-tir-EI-na ba-a-KHU
Exegesis
The participle olot {עֹלֹת | ʿō-lōt} “coming up” predicates continuous upward motion, agreeing with the feminine plural subject sheva parot {שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת | še-vaʿ pā-rōt} “seven cows.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–ayin
“seven; fullness”
In context — Genesis 41:18
Then look—seven cows rose up from the Nile , healthy of flesh and beautiful of appearance, and they grazed in the meadow.
About this coordinate
Genesis 41:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 41:18, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֣בַע (sheva) 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.41.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.18.W4.S1) and character.