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
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT sha-LOSH
- clause
va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-A-sa ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- 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 context — 1 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.