Joshua 18:9:7Josh.18.9.W7TAB
לְשִׁבְעָ֥ה
leshivah
“in seven”
- Transliteration
- le-shiv-AH
- Extended
- leh-shiv-AAH
- IPA
- /ləʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer
- sentence
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
Exegesis
The sequence le’arim {לֶעָרִ֛ים | lə-‘ā-rîm} ‘for cities’ and leshiv’ah ḥalakim {לְשִׁבְעָ֥ה חֲלָקִ֖ים | lə-šib-‘ā-hā ḥă-lā-qîm} ‘into seven portions’ outlines the organizational scheme, with al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֑פֶר | ‘al-sē-per} ‘on a scroll’ specifying the medium.
In context — Joshua 18:9
So the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by cities into seven portions on a scroll . Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (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.18.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W7.S1) and character.