1 Samuel 19:21:121 Sam.19.21.W12TAB
שְׁלִשִׁ֔ים
shelishim
“third ones or a third time”
- Transliteration
- she-li-SHIM
- Extended
- sheh-li-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃə.liːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- third ones or a third time
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 | |
| 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
she-li-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
mal-e-KHIM she-li-SHIM
- clause
va-YO-sef sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM she-li-SHIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du le-sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM a-khe-RIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma va-YO-sef sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM she-li-SHIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma
Exegesis
The verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ | va-yish-lakh} appears twice, first with malakhim acherim {מַלְאָכִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים | mal-ʾā-kîm ʾa-ḥê-rîm} ‘other messengers,’ then with malakhim shlishim {מַלְאָכִ֣ים שְׁלִשִׁ֔ים | mal-ʾā-kîm šə-lî-šîm} ‘third ones/time,’ showing Saul’s escalating efforts.
Root and etymology
“three”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:21
And they informed Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Then Saul persisted and sent messengers a third time, and they also prophesied.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 19:21, so the Hebrew word שְׁלִשִׁ֔ים (shelishim) 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.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.21.W12.S1) and character.