Numbers 13:22:12Num.13.22.W12TAB
שֶׁ֤בַע
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- she-VA
- Extended
- sheh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʃɛˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-VA
- phraseyour reading level
she-VA sha-NIM
- clause
ve-khev-RON she-VA sha-NIM niv-ne-TA lif-NEI tso-AN mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU va-NE-gev va-ya-VO ad-KHEV-ron ve-SHAM a-khi-MAN she-SHAI ve-tal-MAI ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK ve-khev-RON she-VA sha-NIM niv-ne-TA lif-NEI tso-AN mits-RA-yim
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin–bet–ayin
“seven, oath”
In context — Numbers 13:22
And they went up into the Negev, and they came to Hebron. There Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak , were present. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 13:22, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֤בַע (sheva) 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 Num.13.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.22.W12.S1) and character.