1 Samuel 17:7:81 Sam.17.7.W8TAB
שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת
sheshmeot
“six hundred”
- Transliteration
- shesh-me-OT
- Extended
- sheesh-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /ʃeːʃ.meːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- six hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
shesh-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
shesh-me-OT she-ka-LIM
- clause
ve-KHETS ve-ETS kha-ni-TO kim-NOR or-ge-GIM ve-la-HE-vet kha-ni-TO shesh-me-OT she-ka-LIM bar-ZEL
- sentence
ve-KHETS ve-ETS kha-ni-TO kim-NOR or-ge-GIM ve-la-HE-vet kha-ni-TO shesh-me-OT she-ka-LIM bar-ZEL ve-no-SE ha-tsi-NA ho-LEKH le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The weight is specified by the construct numeral phrase shesh-me-ot she-qā-lim bar-zel {שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שְׁקָלִים בַּרְזֶל | šêš-mê-ʾôṯ še-qā-lîm bar-zēl}, integrating number, unit, and material.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:7
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam , and the blade of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron ; and the shield-bearer walked before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת (sheshmeot) 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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.7.W8.S1) and character.