Joshua 18:2:8Josh.18.2.W8TAB
שְׁבָטִֽים׃
shvatim
“tribes”
- Transliteration
- shva-TIM
- Extended
- shvah-TEEHM
- IPA
- /ʃə.vaˈtim/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shva-TIM
- clause
shiv-AH shva-TIM
- sentence
va-yi-va-T'RU biv-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-KHAL-ku et-na-cha-la-TAM shiv-AH shva-TIM
Exegesis
The clause concludes with the numeral-noun sequence shivah shvatim {שִׁבְעָה שְׁבָטִים | šiḇ·ʿā(h) še·ḇā·ṯîm} ‘seven tribes’, a common Hebrew pattern placing number before noun at the end for emphasis. In English, the relative clause and numeric subject are reordered for clarity and focus on the tribes awaiting their portion.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Bet, Tet
“rod, tribe”
In context — Joshua 18:2
And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁבָטִֽים׃ (shvatim) 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 Josh.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.2.W8.S1) and character.