1 Samuel 20:41:111 Sam.20.41.W11TAB
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ
shalosh
“three”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOSH
- Extended
- shaa-LOHSH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
- clause
ha-NA-ar BA ve-da-VID KAM me-E-tsel ha-NE-gev va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
- sentence
ha-NA-ar BA ve-da-VID KAM me-E-tsel ha-NE-gev va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yish-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu va-yiv-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu ad-da-VID hig-DIL
Exegesis
The construct in shlosha peamim {שְׁלשָׁה פְּעָמִים | šəlōšāh pə‘āmmîm} quantifies the repetitions.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:41
And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone on the south side, and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times; then they kissed one another and wept until David wept very much.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:41:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 20:41, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֣שׁ (shalosh) 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.20.41.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.41.W11.S1) and character.