1 Chronicles 16:1:131 Chr.16.1.W13TAB
וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים
ushelamim
“and peace offerings”
- Transliteration
- u-she-la-MIM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-laa-MEEM
- IPA
- /uːʃəlaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and peace offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-she-la-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
- clause
va-yak-RI-vu o-LOT u-she-la-MIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-VI-u et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-yats-TI-gu o-TO be-TOKH ha-O-hel a-SHER na-TA-lo da-VID va-yak-RI-vu o-LOT u-she-la-MIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive Hiphil vayakrîbû {וַיַּקְרִיבוּ | way-yak-rî-bū} ‘and they offered’ introduces the sacrificial sequence, named by the coordinated nouns ʿôlōṯ {עֹלוֹת | ʿô-lōṯ} ‘burnt offerings’ and šəlāmîym {שְׁלָמִים | šə-lā-mîm} ‘peace offerings’.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“complete, peace”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:1
And they brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים (ushelamim) 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 1 Chr.16.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.1.W13.S1) and character.