Judges 16:7:5Judg.16.7.W5TAB
בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה
beshiva
“with seven”
- Transliteration
- be-shiv-A
- Extended
- beh-shiv-AA
- IPA
- /bəʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
be-shiv-A
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha shim-SHON im-ya-as-re-NI be-shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha shim-SHON im-ya-as-re-NI be-shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The conditional protasis is signaled by the particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, followed by the imperfect yasruni {יַואַ֗סְרֻנִי | yaʾaśrûnî} ‘they bind me’, which governs the modifier beshivah yetarim lachim {בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים | bəšibhʿāh yəṭārı̂m laḥı̂ym} ‘with seven fresh bowstrings’.
In context — Judges 16:7
And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and will be like any other man .”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:7, so the Hebrew word בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה (beshiva) 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.16.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.7.W5.S1) and character.