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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ve-shir-YON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM
- clause
ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH
- 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 context — 1 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.