Judges 21:24:7Judg.21.24.W7TAB
לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ
leshivto
“to his tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-shiv-TO
- Extended
- leh-shihv-TOH
- IPA
- /ləʃivˈtˤoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-shiv-TO
- phraseyour reading level
ISH le-shiv-TO
- clause
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO
- sentence
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO va-ye-tsu mi-SHAM ISH le-na-kha-la-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional prefixes le- in le-shivtô {לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ | lə·šib·tô} ‘to his tribe’, u-le-mishpakhto {וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ | û·lə·miš·pā·ḥāṯ·ô} ‘and to his family’, and le-nakhalato {לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ | lə·naḥ·ă·lā·ṯô} ‘to his inheritance’ delineate directional movement tied to social and territorial identity.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet
“tribe, staff”
In context — Judges 21:24
And the Israelites departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family , and they went out from there, each man to his inheritance.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:24, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ (leshivto) 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.21.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.24.W7.S1) and character.