Hosea 13:6:3Hos.13.6.W3TAB

שָׂבְע֖וּ

savu

they were satisfied

Transliteration
sa-VU
Extended
saa-VOO
IPA
/saːˈvʕuː/

Meaning by language

English
they were satisfied

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Result
שָׂ + בְע֖וּ
sa + vu
savu

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    sa-VU

  2. clause

    ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM

  3. sentence

    ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM al-KEN she-khe-KHU-NI

Exegesis

It is followed by a vav-consecutive chain of wayyiqtol verbs: vayyishbau {וַיִּשְׂבָּעוּ | way-yiš-ba-ʿû} ‘and they were satisfied’ and sabu {שָׂבְעוּ | śa-ḇaʿ} ‘they were filled’, conveying cumulative fullness.

Root and etymology

ś-b-ʿ

to be full, satisfied

In contextHosea 13:6

As they fed on pasture , they were satisfied; they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot Me.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 13:6, so the Hebrew word שָׂבְע֖וּ (savu) 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 Hos.13.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.6.W3.S1) and character.