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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-VU
- clause
ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM
- 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 context — Hosea 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.