Numbers 2:4:4Num.2.4.W4TAB
וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים
veshivim
“and seventy”
- Transliteration
- ve-shiv-IM
- Extended
- veh-shiv-EEM
- IPA
- /vəʃivˈʕim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seventy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-shiv-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-AH ve-shiv-IM
- clause
ar-ba-AH ve-shiv-IM E-lef ve-SHESH me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DEI-hem ar-ba-AH ve-shiv-IM E-lef ve-SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The phrase ’arbā‘āh wə-šiv-‘îm ’ēleph {אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף | ’ar-bā-‘āh wə-šiv-‘îm ʾe-lef} ‘four and seventy thousand’ uses an additive plus multiplicative formula ((4 + 70) × 1,000), followed by wə-šeš me-’ōt {וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת | wə-šeš me-’ōt} ‘and six hundreds’ as a secondary multiplier (6 × 100), totaling 74,600. Hebrew syntax places the numeral phrases after the nouns they quantify, and the consistent waw prefixes underscore the orderly progression, while English translation reorders the components into standard thousands grouping for clarity.
In context — Numbers 2:4
And his army, with their numbered ones , was seventy-four thousand six hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:4, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים (veshivim) 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.2.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.4.W4.S1) and character.