1 Kings 15:1:21 Kgs.15.1.W2TAB
שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה
shemone
“eight”
- Transliteration
- she-mo-NE
- Extended
- sheh-moh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʃəmoˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- eight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-mo-NE
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NE e-se-RE
- clause
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- sentence
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
It is followed by the compound numeral šmoné ʿeśrê {שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה | še·mō·né ʿe·srê} ‘eighteenth year’.
In context — 1 Kings 15:1
And in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam took the kingship over Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה (shemone) 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 Kgs.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.1.W2.S1) and character.