Leviticus 14:9:3Lev.14.9.W3TAB

הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י

hashveeee

the seventh

Transliteration
hash-vee-EE
Extended
hahsh-vee-EE
IPA
/haʃ.ʃə.viˈʕiː/

Meaning by language

English
the seventh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַשְּׁ + בִי + עִ֜י
hash + vee + ee
hashveeee

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    hash-vee-EE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM hash-vee-EE

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM hash-vee-EE ye-ga-LAKH et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH et-RO-sho veh-et-ze-KAH-no ve-ET ga-BOT ei-NAV veh-et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH ye-ga-LE-akh

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM hash-vee-EE ye-ga-LAKH et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH et-RO-sho veh-et-ze-KAH-no ve-ET ga-BOT ei-NAV veh-et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH ye-ga-LE-akh ve-ki-BES et-be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATs et-be-sa-RO ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-HER

Exegesis

The temporal clause ba-yōm ha-šə-vī-ʿī {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | ba-yōm ha-šə-vī-ʿī} ‘on the seventh day’ sets the timeframe.

In contextLeviticus 14:9

And it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair—from his head, his beard, and the eyebrows of his eyes—indeed, all his hair he shall shave off. Then he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:9, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י (hashveeee) 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 Lev.14.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.9.W3.S1) and character.