Joshua 18:6:4Josh.18.6.W4TAB
שִׁבְעָ֣ה
shiva
“in seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-A
- Extended
- shiv-AH
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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 khala-KIM
- clause
ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na
- sentence
ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na ve-ya-ri-TI la-KHEM go-RAL PO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
Exegesis
The numeric specification shiv‘ah khalakim {שִׁבְעָה חֲלָקִים | ši-ḇə-ʿāh ḥa-lā-qim} ‘seven portions’ links a cardinal number with a plural noun in absolute state.
In context — Joshua 18:6
And you shall write down the land in seven portions , and bring them here to me, and I will cast the lot for you here before the LORD our God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:6, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעָ֣ה (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 Josh.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.6.W4.S1) and character.