1 Kings 15:14:61 Kgs.15.14.W6TAB
שָׁלֵ֛ם
shalem
“whole, complete”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEM
- Extended
- shaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- whole, complete
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA sha-LEM
- clause
RAK le-vav-a-SA ha-YA sha-LEM im-Ye-ho-VAH kol-ya-MAV
- sentence
ve-ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru RAK le-vav-a-SA ha-YA sha-LEM im-Ye-ho-VAH kol-ya-MAV
Exegesis
The construct phrase levav-Asa {לְבַב־אָסָא | lə-vav ʾāsā} ‘heart of Asa’ serves as the subject of a nominal clause where hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘was’ takes the adjective shalem {שָׁלֵם | shā-lēm} ‘whole’ as its complement.
Root and etymology
sh-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“whole, complete”
In context — 1 Kings 15:14
Yet the high places were not removed; however, Asa’s heart was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:14, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֵ֛ם (shalem) 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.15.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.14.W6.S1) and character.