Numbers 30:2:3Num.30.2.W3TABWLC Numbers 30:3
אוֹ־הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבוּעָה
o hishava sh'vuah
“or swears an oath”
- Transliteration
- O hi-sha-VA sh'vu-AH
- Extended
- OH hee-sha-VAH shveh-voo-AH
- IPA
- /ʔoː hiʃ.ʃaˈvaʕ ʃəvuˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or swears an oath
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
O hi-sha-VA sh'vu-AH
- sentence
ISH ki-YI-dor NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH O hi-sha-VA sh'vu-AH le-eh-SOR is-SAR al-naf-SHO lo ya-KHEL de-va-RO ke-KHOL ha-yo-TSE mi-PI y'a-SE
Exegesis
The paired verbs kî-yî-ḏôr {כִּי־יִדֹּר | kî-yî-ḏôr} and ʾō-hiš-šā-ʿa {אֹו־הִשָּׁבַע | ʾō-hiš-šā-ʿa} present alternative commitments linked by the coordinating disjunction ʾō.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ע
“oath, solemn pledge”
In context — Numbers 30:2
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath that places an obligation upon his soul, he must not treat his word as untrue; he must carry out everything he has spoken.
About this coordinate
Numbers 30:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 30:2, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבוּעָה (o hishava sh'vuah) 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.30.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.30.2.W3.S1) and character.