2 Chronicles 15:17:72 Chr.15.17.W7TAB
שָׁלֵ֖ם
shalem
“whole or complete”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEM
- Extended
- shaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- whole or complete
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA sha-LEM
- clause
RAK le-vav-a-SA ha-YA sha-LEM kol-ya-MAV
- sentence
ve-hab-ba-MOT LO-sa-RU mi-yis-ra-EL RAK le-vav-a-SA ha-YA sha-LEM kol-ya-MAV
Exegesis
In the second clause, the construct lə-ḇaḇ-ʾā-sāʾ {לְבַב־אָסָא | lə-ḇaḇ ʾā-sāʾ} ‘Asa’s heart’ functions as subject with hā-yāh {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘was’ linking to the predicate adjective šā-lēm {שָׁלֵם | šā-lēm} ‘whole,’ temporally qualified by kāl-yā-māw {כָּל־יָמָיו | kāl-yā-māw} ‘all his days.’ This structure contrasts collective idolatry with individual faithfulness.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“complete”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:17
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 15:17, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֵ֖ם (shalem) 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 2 Chr.15.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.17.W7.S1) and character.