Numbers 24:2:7Num.24.2.W7TAB
לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו
lishvatav
“by his tribes”
- Transliteration
- lish-va-TAV
- Extended
- lish-vah-TAHV
- IPA
- /liʃvaˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- by his tribes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-va-TAV
- clause
va-yis-SA bil-AM et-ey-NAV va-YAR et-yis-ra-EL sho-KHEN lish-va-TAV
- sentence
va-yis-SA bil-AM et-ey-NAV va-YAR et-yis-ra-EL sho-KHEN lish-va-TAV va-te-HI a-LAV RU-akh e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The participle šōḵēn {שֹׁכֵ֖ן | šōḵēn} ‘dwelling’ governs lišəḇāṭāyw {לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו | lišəḇāṭāyw} ‘by-his-tribes’, indicating arrangement.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin-bet-tav
“rod, branch”
In context — Numbers 24:2
And Balaam lifted his eyes and saw Israel dwelling by their tribes. Then the Spirit of God came upon him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:2, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו (lishvatav) 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.24.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.2.W7.S1) and character.