2 Chronicles 18:34:162 Chr.18.34.W16TAB
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
hashamesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MESH
- Extended
- hah-shah-MEHSH
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaˈmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
BO ha-sha-MESH
- clause
va-ya-MAT le-ET BO ha-sha-MESH
- sentence
va-ta-AL ha-mil-kha-MA ba-YOM ha-HU u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-YA ma-a-mi-ID ba-mer-ka-VA NO-khakh a-RAM ad-ha-A-rev va-ya-MAT le-ET BO ha-sha-MESH
Exegesis
The final clause vayamat le‘et bo hashemesh {וַיָּ֕מָת לְעֵ֖ת בּ֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ | wa-yāmaṯ le-‘ēṯ bôʾ ha-šāmeš} employs an infinitive construct to signal sunset. The coordinated clause structure preserves the Hebrew’s sequence.
Root and etymology
š-m-šshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:34
The battle grew stronger that day, and the king of Israel kept himself upright in his chariot facing Aram until evening; and at the time when the sun went down he died.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 18:34, so the Hebrew word הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (hashamesh) 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.18.34.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.34.W16.S1) and character.