Genesis 11:21:6Gen.11.21.W6PAT
שֶׁ֥בַע
sheva
“seven”
- Transliteration
- SHE-va
- Extended
- SHEH-vah
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven
- French
- sept
- Spanish
- siete
- Portuguese
- sete
- German
- sieben
- Russian
- семь
- Arabic-Simplified
- سبع
- Hindi
- सात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 七
- Korean
- 일곱
- Indonesian
- tujuh
- Bengali
- সাত
- Tagalog
- pito
- Swahili
- saba
- Amharic
- ሰባት
- Yoruba
- meje
- Igbo
- asaa
- Twi
- nson
- Ewe
- adre
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-va
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-va sha-NIM
- clause
va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 11:21
after he fathered Serug Reu lived seven years and two hundred year he fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 11:21, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֥בַע (sheva) 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 Gen.11.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.21.W6.S1) and character.