Judges 20:15:17Judg.20.15.W17TAB
שְׁבַ֥ע
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- she-VA
- Extended
- sheh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʃəˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-VA
- phraseyour reading level
she-VA me-OT
- clause
le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
A second Hitpael hitpaqdu {הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ | hitpaqeḏû} marks the mustering of sheva meot bachur {שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת בָּחֽוּר | šeḇāʿ mêʾôt bāḥûr} ‘seven hundred chosen’, heightening the contrast in scale and selection.
In context — Judges 20:15
And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities—twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword—apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; there were mustered seven hundred chosen .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 20:15, so the Hebrew word שְׁבַ֥ע (sheva) 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.20.15.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.15.W17.S1) and character.