Genesis 41:2:4Gen.41.2.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-NEH min-ha-ye-OR o-LOT SHE-va pa-ROT ye-FOT mar-EH u-ve-ri-OT ba-SAR
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH min-ha-ye-OR o-LOT SHE-va pa-ROT ye-FOT mar-EH u-ve-ri-OT ba-SAR va-tir-EI-na ba-a-KHU
Exegesis
The core subject sheva parot {שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת | še-vaʿ pā-rōt} ‘seven cows’ is modified by two descriptive constructions: yefot mareh {יְפֹות מַרְאֶה | yə-p̄ōt mar-ʾeh} ‘beautiful of appearance’ and uvriot basar {וּבְרִיאֹת בָּשָׂר | u-və-rî-ʾōt bā-śār} ‘healthy of flesh’, emphasizing both visual and physical attributes.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–ayin
“seven; fullness”
In context — Genesis 41:2
Then look—seven cows came up from the river, beautiful of appearance and healthy of flesh , and they grazed in the meadow.
About this coordinate
Genesis 41:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 41:2, 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.41.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.2.W4.S1) and character.