Genesis 7:2:5Gen.7.2.W5TAB
שִׁבְעָ֥ה
shiva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-A
- Extended
- shiv-AA
- IPA
- /ʃiv.ˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-A
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-A shiv-A
- clause
mik-KOL hab-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA tik-kakh-le-KHA shiv-A shiv-A ISH ve-ish-TO
- sentence
mik-KOL hab-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA tik-kakh-le-KHA shiv-A shiv-A ISH ve-ish-TO u-min-hab-be-he-MA a-SHER LO te-ho-RA HI she-NA-yim ISH ve-ish-TO
Exegesis
The repeated numeral shiv-ah shiv-ah {שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה | šivʿāh šivʿāh} conveys a distributive sense of seven for each kind, clarified by the appositional ish ve-ish-to {אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ | ʾîš wə-ʾištô} “a male and his mate,” emphasizing reproductive pairing.
Root and etymology
sh-b-ʿ
“seven, fullness”
In context — Genesis 7:2
From every clean animal you shall take for yourself seven pairs , a male and his mate; but from the animals that are not clean, take two, a male and his mate.
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 7:2, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעָ֥ה (shiva) 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.7.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.2.W5.S1) and character.