Exodus 12:29:15Exod.12.29.W15PAT

הַשְּׁבִ֔י

hashevi

the captive

Transliteration
ha-she-VI
Extended
hah-sheh-VEE
IPA
/haʃ.ʃəˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
the captive
French
le captif
Spanish
el cautivo
Portuguese
o cativo
German
der Gefangene
Russian
пленника
Arabic-Simplified
السَّبِيِّ
Hindi
बंदी
Chinese-Simplified
被掳的人
Korean
포로
Indonesian
tawanan
Bengali
বন্দী
Tagalog
bihag
Swahili
mateka
Amharic
ምርኮኛው
Yoruba
ẹlẹ́wọ̀n
Igbo
onye e jidere
Twi
de wɔakyere no
Ewe
ame si wo

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Result
הַ + שְּׁ + בִ֔י
ha + she + vi
hashevi

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-she-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHOR ha-she-VI

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH

In contextExodus 12:29

and it happened at the middle of the night and the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne as far as the firstborn of the captive who in the house of the pit and every firstborn of livestock

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבִ֔י (hashevi) 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 Exod.12.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W15.S1) and character.