2 Chronicles 15:5:42 Chr.15.5.W4TAB
שָׁל֖וֹם
shalom
“peace”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace
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 | |
| 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
sha-LOM
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EN sha-LOM
- clause
u-va-i-TIM ha-HEM EN sha-LOM la-yo-TSI ve-la-BA
- sentence
u-va-i-TIM ha-HEM EN sha-LOM la-yo-TSI ve-la-BA KI me-hu-MOT ra-BOT AL kol-yo-she-VE ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The negative existential ʾên šālôm {אֵ֥ן שָׁל֖וֹם | ʾên šālôm} ‘there was no peace’ forms a nominal existential clause.
Root and etymology
sh-l-mš-l-m
“completeness; wholeness; peace”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:5
And in those times there was no peace for those who went out or those who came in, because many disturbances were upon all the inhabitants of the lands .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 15:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֖וֹם (shalom) 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.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.5.W4.S1) and character.