Numbers 13:27:8Num.13.27.W8TAB

זָבַ֨ת

zavat

flows

Transliteration
za-VAT
Extended
zah-VAHT
IPA
/zaˈvat/

Meaning by language

English
flows

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Result
זָ + בַ֨ת
za + vat
zavat

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    za-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH

  3. clause

    ve-GAM za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH HI ve-ZE-PIR-yah

  4. sentence

    va-ye-sap-ru-LO va-yo-MRU BA-nu el-ha-A-retz a-SHER she-lakh-TA-nu ve-GAM za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH HI ve-ZE-PIR-yah

Exegesis

The coordinating conjunction vegam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’ introduces the participial clause zavat chalav udevash {זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | zā-vat ḥā-lā-v u-ḏə-vaš} ‘flowing with milk and honey’, where the feminine participle zavat conveys ongoing abundance.

Root and etymology

Rootz-v-b

to flow, gush

In contextNumbers 13:27

And they recounted to him and said, “We have come to the land you sent us to, and it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit .”

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:27, so the Hebrew word זָבַ֨ת (zavat) 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.13.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.27.W8.S1) and character.