1 Samuel 18:6:191 Sam.18.6.W19TAB
וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃
uveshalishim
“and with three-stringed instruments”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
- Extended
- oo-veh-shaa-lih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /uːvəʃaːliˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with three-stringed instruments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
- clause
be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the series bə·tup·pîm {בְּתֻפִּים | bə·tup·pîm}, bə·śim·ḥā {בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה | bə·śim·ḥā}, u·bĕ·šā·liš·šîm {וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים | u·bĕ·šā·liš·šîm} details the instruments and mood. The Hebrew’s coordinated infinitives and vav-consecutive forms build a crescendo of communal rejoicing, rendered in English through parallel clauses and coordinated phrases.
Root and etymology
š-l-šš-l-š
“threefold, instrument with three strings”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:6:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ (uveshalishim) 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.18.6.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W19.S1) and character.