1 Samuel 13:17:51 Sam.13.17.W5TAB
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה
shelosha
“three”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHA
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʃəloˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-lo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM
- clause
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL
Exegesis
The appositional numeral construction šelōshāh rāʾšı̂m {שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים | še-lō-shāh rāʾšı̂m} ‘three detachments’ specifies unit composition.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:17
And the raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three detachments; one detachment turned toward the road to Ophrah, toward the land of Shual.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה (shelosha) 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 Sam.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W5.S1) and character.