2 Chronicles 17:15:62 Chr.17.15.W6TAB
וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים
ushemonim
“and eighty”
- Transliteration
- u-she-mo-NIM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-moh-NEEM
- IPA
- /uʃ.moːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and eighty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-mo-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-a-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM
- clause
ve-i-MO ma-a-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef
- sentence
ve-AL-YA-DO ye-ho-kha-NAN ha-SAR ve-i-MO ma-a-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-immo {וְעִמּ֕וֹ | wə-ʿim-mō} ‘and with him’ introduces maatayim {מָאתַ֥יִם | mā-ṭā-yim} ‘two hundred’ and ushmonim {וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים | ū-šmo-nim} ‘and eighty,’ which combine with ’ālef {אָֽלֶף׃ | ’ā-lef} ‘thousand’ to total 280,000. The cumulative numerals underscore the scale of Jehochanan’s force.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:15
Under his command was Jehochanan the commander , with 280,000 troops.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 17:15, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים (ushemonim) 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.17.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.15.W6.S1) and character.