Judges 16:8:4Judg.16.8.W4TAB
שִׁבְעָ֛ה
shiva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-A
- Extended
- shiv-AA
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU va-ta-as-re-HU BA-hem
Exegesis
The construct phrase sārnē Pəlishṭîm {סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים | sārnē Pəlishṭîm} ‘rulers of the Philistines’ serves as the subject, followed by the numeral-noun sequence šiv‘āh yeṯārîm laḥîm {שִׁבְעָה יְתָרִים לַחִים | šiv‘āh yeṯārîm laḥîm} ‘seven fresh cords’, where the adjective laḥîm precedes the noun to emphasize their undried state.
In context — Judges 16:8
Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:8, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעָ֛ה (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 Judg.16.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.8.W4.S1) and character.