Genesis 23:1:8Gen.23.1.W8PAT

וְשֶׁ֣בַע

vesheva

and seven

Transliteration
ve-SHE-va
Extended
veh-SHEH-vah
IPA
/wə.ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and seven
French
et sept
Spanish
y siete
Portuguese
e sete
German
und sieben
Russian
и семь
Arabic-Simplified
وسبع
Hindi
और सात
Chinese-Simplified
和七
Korean
그리고 일곱
Indonesian
dan tujuh
Bengali
ও সাত
Tagalog
at pito
Swahili
na saba
Amharic
እና ሰባት
Yoruba
àti méje
Igbo
na asaa
Twi
ne nson
Ewe
kple adre

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Result
וְ + שֶׁ֣ + בַע
ve + she + va
vesheva

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SHE-va

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SHE-va sha-NIM

  3. clause

    va-yi-he-YU khai-YEI sa-RA me-A sha-NA ve-e-se-RIM sha-NA ve-SHE-va sha-NIM

  4. sentence

    va-yi-he-YU khai-YEI sa-RA me-A sha-NA ve-e-se-RIM sha-NA ve-SHE-va sha-NIM she-NEI khai-YEI sa-RA

In contextGenesis 23:1

life of Sarah were one hundred year and twenty year and seven years years of life of Sarah

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 23:1, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁ֣בַע (vesheva) 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.23.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.1.W8.S1) and character.