Judges 20:12:2Judg.20.12.W2TAB

שִׁבְטֵ֤י

shivte

tribes of

Transliteration
shiv-TE
Extended
shihv-TEE
IPA
/ʃivˈtˤeː/

Meaning by language

English
tribes of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁבְ + טֵ֤י
shiv + te
shivte

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tett — emphatic
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    shiv-TE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shiv-TE yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM

Exegesis

The construct phrase šiv-têi Yiś-rā-ʾêl {שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | šiv-têi yiś-rā-ʾêl} “tribes of Israel” serves as the collective subject.

In contextJudges 20:12

Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְטֵ֤י (shivte) 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.20.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.12.W2.S1) and character.