Numbers 21:1:15Num.21.1.W15TAB
שֶֽׁבִי׃
shevi
“some captives”
- Transliteration
- she-VI
- Extended
- sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- some captives
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-VI
- clause
va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
- sentence
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
Exegesis
The sequential vav verbs vayilachem {וַיִּלָּ֙חֶם֙ | wā-yil-la-ḥem} “and he fought” and vayishbe {וַיִּ֥שְׁבְּ | wā-yish-be} “and he took captive” coordinate military actions, with mimennu {מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mi-mə-nû} “from them” and shevi {שֶֽׁבִי׃ | she-bî} “captives” specifying the object. English renders these clauses as coordinated past tense actions for narrative clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–he
“capture”
In context — Numbers 21:1
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some captives.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 21:1, so the Hebrew word שֶֽׁבִי׃ (shevi) 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.21.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.1.W15.S1) and character.