Judges 21:15:7Judg.21.15.W7TAB

בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י

beshivtei

in the tribes of

Transliteration
be-shiv-TEI
Extended
beh-shihv-TEE
IPA
/bəʃivˈtʼeː/

Meaning by language

English
in the tribes of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + שִׁבְ + טֵ֥י
be + shiv + tei
beshivtei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    be-shiv-TEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL

  3. clause

    KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM le-vin-ya-MIN KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL

Exegesis

The noun perets {פֶּרֶץ | p̄e-r̄eṣ} ‘breach’ functions as the object, followed by the locative construct be-shivtei yisrael {בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-šîv-ṭê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘among the tribes of Israel,’ specifying the locus of division. English rearranges the Hebrew SOV into SVO while preserving the causal relation with ‘because.’

Root and etymology

š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet

tribe, staff

In contextJudges 21:15

And the people were grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

About this coordinate

Judges 21:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:15, so the Hebrew word בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י (beshivtei) 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.21.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.15.W7.S1) and character.