1 Chronicles 21:25:51 Chr.21.25.W5TAB
שִׁקְלֵ֣י
shikle
“shekels of”
- Transliteration
- shik-LE
- Extended
- shihk-LEE
- IPA
- /ʃiqˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shekels of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
shik-LE
- phraseyour reading level
shik-LE za-HAV
- clause
shik-LE za-HAV mish-KAL SHESH me-OT
- sentence
va-yit-TEN da-VID le-or-NAN ba-ma-KOM shik-LE za-HAV mish-KAL SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The construct chain šiqəlê zāhāv {שִׁקְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב | šiqəlê zāhāv} ‘shekels of gold’ establishes a genitive relation, and mišqāl {מִשְׁקָ֖ל | mišqāl} specifies the mode of valuation.
Root and etymology
shin–qof–lamedShin–Qof–Lamed
“to weigh”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:25
And David gave Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:25, so the Hebrew word שִׁקְלֵ֣י (shikle) 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.21.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.25.W5.S1) and character.