Leviticus 15:19:8Lev.15.19.W8TAB
שִׁבְעַ֤ת
shivat
“seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-AT
- Extended
- shihv-AHT
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-AT
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT ya-MIM
- clause
shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The construct phrase šiv-ʿaṯ yā-mîm {שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ | šiv-ʿaṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’ marks a fixed duration.
In context — Leviticus 15:19
And when a woman has a discharge and the discharge is blood in her flesh, she shall be unclean for seven days , and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:19, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעַ֤ת (shivat) 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.15.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.19.W8.S1) and character.