1 Samuel 19:7:161 Sam.19.7.W16TAB
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃
shilshom
“the day before yesterday”
- Transliteration
- shil-SHOM
- Extended
- shihl-SHOHM
- IPA
- /ʃilˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the day before yesterday
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-SHOM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM
- clause
va-ya-VE ye-ho-na-TAN et-da-VID el-sha-UL va-ye-HI le-fa-NAV ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
va-yik-RA ye-ho-na-TAN le-da-VID va-yag-GED-LO ye-ho-na-TAN ET kol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-ya-VE ye-ho-na-TAN et-da-VID el-sha-UL va-ye-HI le-fa-NAV ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The adverbial expression ke-etmol shilshom {כְּאֶתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם | kəʾ-eṯmōl šilšōm} underscores the continuity of David’s presence before Saul.
Root and etymology
“three”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:7
And Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David before Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ (shilshom) 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.19.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.7.W16.S1) and character.