Leviticus 23:41:5Lev.23.41.W5TAB
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shivat
“seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-AT
- Extended
- shihv-AHT
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕaθ/
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
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO KHAG la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-sha-NA
- sentence
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO KHAG la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-sha-NA khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEE-khem ba-KHO-desh hash-she-vee-EE ta-KHO-gu o-TO
Exegesis
The temporal phrase shivat yamim ba-shanah {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה | šivʿat yāmîm ba-šānāh} uses a construct chain to express the festival’s annual seven-day duration.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin-bet-ayin
“seven”
In context — Leviticus 23:41
And you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD for seven days in the year; it is a perpetual statute for your generations. In the seventh month you shall celebrate it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:41:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:41, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעַ֥ת (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.23.41.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.41.W5.S1) and character.