Judges 21:17:6Judg.21.17.W6TAB
שֵׁ֖בֶט
shevet
“a tribe”
- Transliteration
- SHE-vet
- Extended
- SHEE-veht
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tribe
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
ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet
- clause
ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet
“staff, tribe”
In context — Judges 21:17
And they said, “An inheritance must remain for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:17, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֖בֶט (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.21.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.17.W6.S1) and character.