1 Chronicles 21:10:81 Chr.21.10.W8TAB

שָׁל֕וֹשׁ

shalosh

three

Transliteration
sha-LOSH
Extended
shaa-LOHSH
IPA
/ʃaːˈloːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
three

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Result
שָׁ + ל֕וֹשׁ
sha + losh
shalosh

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-LOSH

  2. clause

    LEKH ve-dib-BAR-ta el-da-VID le-MOR KOH a-MAR ye-ho-VAH sha-LOSH a-NI no-TEH a-LE-kha

  3. sentence

    LEKH ve-dib-BAR-ta el-da-VID le-MOR KOH a-MAR ye-ho-VAH sha-LOSH a-NI no-TEH a-LE-kha be-KHAR-le-kha a-KHAT me-HEN-na ve-e-e-SEH-lakh

Exegesis

The phrase shalosh ani noteh aleikha {שָׁלושׁ אֲנִי נֹטֶה עָלֶיךָ | šā-lōsh ʾă-nî nō-teh ʿā-lê-khā} highlights three distinct judgments by placing the numeral shalosh before the participle noteh.

In context1 Chronicles 21:10

Go and speak to David, saying, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Three judgments I am stretching out over you; choose for yourself one of these, and I will execute it for you.’”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 21:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:10, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֕וֹשׁ (shalosh) 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.21.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.10.W8.S1) and character.