1 Samuel 13:21:61 Sam.13.21.W6TAB
וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ
velishlosh
“and for three”
- Transliteration
- ve-lish-LOSH
- Extended
- veh-lihsh-LOHSH
- IPA
- /wəliʃˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ve-lish-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM u-le-ha-TSIV ha-dar-VAN
Exegesis
This is followed by a paratactic series of prepositional phrases—pim {פִ֗ים | pîm} plus lamacharesot {לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙ | lammaḥ-rē-šōṯ} ‘for the plowshares’, wəla’ētim {וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים | wə-lā-’ē-ṯîm} ‘and for the mattocks’, wəlišlōš qilšôn {וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן | wə-li-šlōš qil-šôn} ‘and for three-pronged forks’, ūləhakkarḏumîm {וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים | ū-lə-hak-kar-ḏum-îm} ‘and for the axes’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:21
And the charge for sharpening was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and for three-pronged forks and for the axes, and for fixing the goad .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 13:21, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ (velishlosh) 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.13.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.21.W6.S1) and character.