Genesis 5:31:3Gen.5.31.W3PAT

שֶׁ֤בַע

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
سبعة
Hindi
सात
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
일곱
Indonesian
tujuh
Bengali
সাত
Tagalog
pito
Swahili
saba
Amharic
ሰባት
Yoruba
méje
Igbo
asaa
Twi
nson
Ewe
adre

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Result
שֶׁ֤ + בַע
she + va
sheva

Alphabet Analysis

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHE-va

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SHE-va ve-shiv-IM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI kol-ye-mei-LE-mekh SHE-va ve-shiv-IM sha-NA oo-SHE-VA me-OT sha-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI kol-ye-mei-LE-mekh SHE-va ve-shiv-IM sha-NA oo-SHE-VA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT

In contextGenesis 5:31

Lamech's full lifespan was seven and seventy years and seven hundred years died

About this coordinate

Genesis 5:31:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 5:31, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֤בַע (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.5.31.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.31.W3.S1) and character.