1 Chronicles 16:38:41 Chr.16.38.W4TAB
שִׁשִּׁ֣ים
shishim
“sixty”
- Transliteration
- shi-SHIM
- Extended
- shih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃiʃˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sixty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA
- clause
ve-o-VED e-DOM va-a-khe-HEM shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA
- sentence
ve-o-VED e-DOM va-a-khe-HEM shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA ve-o-VED e-DOM ben-ye-di-TUN ve-kho-SA le-sho-a-RIM
Exegesis
The numerals shishim {שִׁשִּׁים | šiš-šîm} “sixty” and ushemonah {וּשְׁמוֹנָ֑ה | ū-šnō-nāh} “and eight” conform to Hebrew tens-units order.
Root and etymology
ש-שs–s
“sixty”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obed-Edom and his brothers, sixty-eight in all, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:38, so the Hebrew word שִׁשִּׁ֣ים (shishim) 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.16.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.38.W4.S1) and character.