1 Samuel 23:1:91 Sam.23.1.W9TAB

שֹׁסִ֥ים

shosim

are plundering

Transliteration
sho-SIM
Extended
shoh-SEEM
IPA
/ʃoːˈsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
are plundering

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Result
שֹׁ + סִ֥ים
sho + sim
shosim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Samekhs as in sit
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sho-SIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot

  3. clause

    hin-NE pe-lish-TIM nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA ve-HE-ma sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot

  4. sentence

    va-yag-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR hin-NE pe-lish-TIM nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA ve-HE-ma sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot

Exegesis

The pronoun vehema {וְהֵמָּה | wə-hē-māh} ‘and they’ resumes reference to the Philistines for the participle shosim {שֹׁסִים | šō-sîm} ‘plundering’ of et-hagoranot {אֶת־הַגֳּרָנוֹת | ʾet-hă-gō-rā-nōṯ} ‘the threshing floors’. English translation shifts from Hebrew’s VSO order to an SVO structure, preserving the progression from report to warning to threat.

In context1 Samuel 23:1

They informed David, saying, “Behold , the Philistines are engaged in battle against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors .”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 23:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 23:1, so the Hebrew word שֹׁסִ֥ים (shosim) 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.23.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.1.W9.S1) and character.