Numbers 3:46:4Num.3.46.W4TAB
וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים
vehashivim
“and the seventy”
- Transliteration
- ve-hash-iv-IM
- Extended
- veh-hash-iv-EEM
- IPA
- /vəhaʃ.ivˈʕim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hash-iv-IM
- clause
ve-ET pe-du-YEI hash-le-SHA ve-hash-iv-IM ve-ha-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
ve-ET pe-du-YEI hash-le-SHA ve-hash-iv-IM ve-ha-ma-ta-YIM ha-od-FIM al-hal-vi-YIM mi-be-KHOR be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The distributive numerical series ha-shlosha, ve-ha-shivʽim, ve-ha-matayim {הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְהַשִּׁבְעִים֖ וְהַמָּאתָ֑יִם | ha-šəlōšāh wə-ha-šibʽîm wə-ha-mātāyim} lists the total count (273) in structured succession.
In context — Numbers 3:46
As for the redeemed —the 273 in excess of the Levites among the firstborn of the sons of Israel—they shall be redeemed.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:46, so the Hebrew word וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים (vehashivim) 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.3.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.46.W4.S1) and character.