Judges 21:5:12Judg.21.5.W12TAB
הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה
hashevua
“the oath”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-vu-A
- Extended
- hah-sheh-voo-AAH
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəvuˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the oath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-she-vu-A
- phraseyour reading level
KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL MI a-SHER lo-A-la ba-ka-HAL mik-kol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the explanatory clause haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh {הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הָיְתָה | haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh} ‘the great oath had been taken’, signaling the completed legal vow.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־עsh-b-‛
“to swear, take an oath”
In context — Judges 21:5
And the sons of Israel said, “Who is there of all the tribes of Israel who did not go up in the assembly to the LORD ? For the great oath had been taken concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, ‘He shall surely be put to death.’”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 21:5, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה (hashevua) 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.21.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.5.W12.S1) and character.