1 Samuel 13:21:71 Sam.13.21.W7TAB
קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן
kilshon
“a third part of a shekel”
- Transliteration
- kil-sHON
- Extended
- kihl-SHOHN
- IPA
- /qilːəˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a third part of a shekel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kil-sHON
- 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 13:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:21, so the Hebrew word קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן (kilshon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.21.W7.S1) and character.