Genesis 49:10:2Gen.49.10.W2TAB
שֵׁ֙בֶט֙
shevet
“scepter”
- Transliteration
- SHE-vet
- Extended
- SHEH-veht
- IPA
- /ˈʃeː.vɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- scepter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ya-SUR SHE-vet
- clause
lo-ya-SUR SHE-vet mi-hu-DA u-me-kho-KEK mib-BEIN rag-LAV
- sentence
lo-ya-SUR SHE-vet mi-hu-DA u-me-kho-KEK mib-BEIN rag-LAV AD ki-ya-VO shi-LO ve-LO yik-ke-HAT am-MIM
Exegesis
The concrete noun shevet {שֵׁבֶט | šē-ḇeṭ} “scepter” is modified by the preposition miyehudah {מִיהוּדָה | mi-yə-hû-dāh}, anchoring royal authority in Judah.
Root and etymology
sh-b-tshin–bet–tet
“staff or branch”
In context — Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him will be the gathering of the peoples.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 49:10, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ (shevet) 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.49.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.10.W2.S1) and character.