1 Samuel 17:12:111 Sam.17.12.W11TAB
שְׁמֹנָ֣ה
shemona
“eight”
- Transliteration
- she-mo-NA
- Extended
- sheh-moh-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃəmoːˈnɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- eight
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-mo-NA
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NA va-NIM
- clause
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
Exegesis
The idiom velo shmona banim {וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים | wə-lō šəmōnā bənîm} ‘and to him eight sons’ functions as a possessive expression (‘he had eight sons’).
In context — 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse ; he had eight sons, and in the days of Saul he was old .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹנָ֣ה (shemona) 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.17.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.12.W11.S1) and character.