Numbers 19:11:6Num.19.11.W6TAB
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
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
ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ha-no-GE-a be-MET le-KHOL-NE-fesh a-DAM ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
Finally the numeral phrase shivat yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šibʿat yāmîm} ‘seven days’ serves as a temporal accusative, defining the duration of impurity.
In context — Numbers 19:11
Whoever touches a corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 19:11, 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 Num.19.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.11.W6.S1) and character.