Joshua 18:5:3Josh.18.5.W3TAB
לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה
leshivah
“into seven”
- Transliteration
- le-shiv-AH
- Extended
- leh-shiv-AAH
- IPA
- /ləʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-shiv-AH
- phraseyour reading level
le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM
- clause
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM
- sentence
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM ye-hu-DAH ya-a-MOD al-ge-vu-LO mi-NE-gev u-VEIT yo-SEF ya-am-DU al-ge-vu-LAM mi-tza-FON
Exegesis
The object pronoun ʾōṯāh {אֹתָ֖הּ | ʾōṯāh} ‘it’ is immediately followed by the purpose/result measure phrase lə-šiḇʿāh ḥălāqîm {לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה חֲלָקִ֑ים | lə-šiḇʿāh ḥălāqîm} ‘into seven portions’, specifying the intended partitioning units.
In context — Joshua 18:5
And you shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stand on its border from the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand on their border from the north.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:5, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (leshivah) 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.18.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.5.W3.S1) and character.