Judges 14:17:10Judg.14.17.W10TAB
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י
hashevii
“the seventh”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-vi-I
- Extended
- hah-sheh-vee-EE
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəviˈʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the seventh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-she-vi-I
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
- sentence
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | way-yə-hî} introduces the result, linked to the ordinal ha-shvi'i {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ha-šə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘the seventh’, creating a climactic moment.
In context — Judges 14:17
And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him , and she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 14:17, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (hashevii) 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 Judg.14.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.17.W10.S1) and character.