2 Chronicles 16:9:82 Chr.16.9.W8TAB
שָׁלֵ֛ם
shalem
“whole or complete”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEM
- Extended
- shaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈleːm/
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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Word in context
- word
sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM
- clause
KI Ye-ho-VAH E-NA-v me-sho-te-TOT be-KHOL-ha-A-rets le-hit-kha-ZEK IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM e-LAV nis-kal-TA AL-zot
- sentence
KI Ye-ho-VAH E-NA-v me-sho-te-TOT be-KHOL-ha-A-rets le-hit-kha-ZEK IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM e-LAV nis-kal-TA AL-zot KI me-AT-ta YESH im-me-KHA mil-kha-MOT
Exegesis
shalem {לְבָבָם שָׁלֵם | ləḇāḇām šālēm} ‘a whole/undivided heart’ and oriented elav {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw} ‘toward Him’.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Lamed–Mem
“to be whole, complete”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD range throughout all the earth to show Himself strong with those whose heart is whole toward Him. You have acted foolishly concerning this; for from now on, wars will be with you.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 16:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֵ֛ם (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.16.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.9.W8.S1) and character.