1 Kings 15:28:41 Kgs.15.28.W4TAB

שָׁלֹ֔שׁ

shalosh

three

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

Meaning by language

English
three

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Result
שָׁ + לֹ֔שׁ
sha + losh
shalosh

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
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. phraseyour reading level

    bish-NAT sha-LOSH

  3. clause

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-A-sa ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-A-sa ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAV

Exegesis

The temporal construct bishnat shalosh leasa {בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ לְאָסָ֖א | bi-šnat šā-lōš lə-ˈă-sāʾ} ‘in the third year of Asa’ specifies regnal dating.

Root and etymology

three

In context1 Kings 15:28

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa, king of Judah, and he reigned in his place .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:28, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֔שׁ (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 Kgs.15.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.28.W4.S1) and character.