Numbers 21:29:9Num.21.29.W9TAB
בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית
bashevit
“into captivity”
- Transliteration
- ba-she-VIT
- Extended
- bah-sheh-VEET
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃəˈvit/
Meaning by language
- English
- into captivity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-she-VIT
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT
- clause
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The objects pletim {פְּלֵיטִם | pə-lê-tîm} ‘fugitives’ and the prepositional phrase bashshevit {בַּשְׁבִית | baš-šîyt} ‘into captivity’ frame the fate of the people.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ב־ת
“to seize, take captive”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית (bashevit) 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.21.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W9.S1) and character.