Judges 18:1:8Judg.18.1.W8TAB
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shevet
“tribe of”
- Transliteration
- SHE-vet
- Extended
- SHEE-veht
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribe of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-vet ha-da-NI
- clause
u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA
Exegesis
The construct betokhshivtei {בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵי | bə-tokh šiḇ-tê} ‘among tribes of’ joined with benachalah {בְּנַחֲלָה | bə-na-ḥā-lāh} ‘in inheritance’ establishes the distributive context.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet
“tribe”
In context — Judges 18:1
In that era there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for its own inheritance to live in, because up to that time no inheritance had been assigned to them among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 18:1, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֣בֶט (shevet) 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.18.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W8.S1) and character.