1 Kings 20:10:131 Kgs.20.10.W13TAB
לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים
lishealim
“for handfuls”
- Transliteration
- lish-e-a-LIM
- Extended
- lihsh-eh-ah-LEEM
- IPA
- /liʃ.ʕaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for handfuls
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-e-a-LIM
- clause
im-yis-pe-KOK a-FAR shom-re-RON lish-e-a-LIM le-khol-ha-AM a-SHER be-rag-LAI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-yo-MER ko-ya-a-SUN LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SI-fu im-yis-pe-KOK a-FAR shom-re-RON lish-e-a-LIM le-khol-ha-AM a-SHER be-rag-LAI
Exegesis
The phrase lī-šə-ʿā-lîm lə-ḵāl-hā-ʿām {לִשְׁעָלִים לְכָל־הָעָם} uses a prepositional unit plus the universal quantifier kol and the definite article to underscore exhaustiveness.
In context — 1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, “Thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for handfuls for all the people who are at my feet.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 20:10, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים (lishealim) 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.20.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.10.W13.S1) and character.