1 Samuel 14:21:51 Sam.14.21.W5TAB
שִׁלְשׁ֔וֹם
shilshom
“three days ago”
- Transliteration
- shil-SHOM
- Extended
- shihl-SHOHM
- IPA
- /ʃilˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- three days ago
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-SHOM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM
- clause
ve-ha-iv-RIM ha-YU lap-pe-lish-TIM ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM a-SHER a-LU im-MAM bam-ma-kha-NE sa-VIV
- sentence
ve-ha-iv-RIM ha-YU lap-pe-lish-TIM ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM a-SHER a-LU im-MAM bam-ma-kha-NE sa-VIV ve-gam-HE-ma li-he-YOT im-yis-ra-EL a-SHER im-sha-UL ve-yo-na-TAN
Exegesis
The idiomatic temporal comparison kə-ʾet-mōl šil-šôm {כְּאֶתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם | kə-ʾet-mōl šil-šôm} ‘like yesterday and the day before’ signals habitual alignment.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:21
And the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines like the previous days , who had gone up with them around the camp, likewise turned to be with Israel—those with Saul and Jonathan .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:21, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְשׁ֔וֹם (shilshom) 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.14.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.21.W5.S1) and character.