Numbers 23:1:6Num.23.1.W6TAB
שִׁבְעָ֣ה
shivah
“seven”
- Transliteration
- shiv-AH
- Extended
- shiv-AAH
- IPA
- /ʃivˈʕaː/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-AH
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT
- clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NEH-li va-ZEH shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NEH-li va-ZEH shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT ve-ha-KEN li va-ZEH shiv-AH pa-REEM ve-shiv-AH ei-LEEM
Exegesis
Parallel numeric phrases šiv‘ah mizbechot {שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת | seven altars} and šiv‘ah parim ve-šiv‘ah ʾê-lîm {שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים | seven bulls and seven rams} employ symmetry to highlight the ritual sequence.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿ
“seven”
In context — Numbers 23:1
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me in this place seven altars , and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:1, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְעָ֣ה (shivah) 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.23.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.1.W6.S1) and character.