1 Samuel 17:5:41 Sam.17.5.W4TAB

וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן

veshiryon

and a coat of mail

Transliteration
ve-shir-YON
Extended
veh-shihr-YOHN
IPA
/vəʃirˈjoːn/

Meaning by language

English
and a coat of mail

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שִׁרְ + י֥וֹן
ve + shir + yon
veshiryon

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-shir-YON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM

  3. clause

    ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH

  4. sentence

    ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH u-mish-KAL ha-shir-YON kha-ME-shet-a-la-FIM she-ka-LIM ne-KHO-shet

Exegesis

The coordinate phrase shiryon qaśqašîm {שִׁרְיוֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂים | širyôn qaśqašîm} “coat of mail of scales” layers protective detail, and the participle lāḇûš hû’ {לָבוּשׁ הוּא | lāḇûš hû’} “he was clothed” functions as a stative description.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–resh–yod

coat of mail

In context1 Samuel 17:5

He had a helmet of bronze on his head and wore a coat of mail made of scales; its weight was five thousand shekels of bronze.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:5, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן (veshiryon) 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.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.5.W4.S1) and character.