2 Chronicles 19:1:52 Chr.19.1.W5TAB
בְּשָׁל֖וֹם
beshalom
“in peace”
- Transliteration
- be-sha-LOM
- Extended
- beh-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /bəʃɑˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-BE-to be-sha-LOM li-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el beito {אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ | ʾel bēṯô} ‘to his house’ indicates destination, followed by beshalom {בְּשָׁל֖וֹם | bə-šālôm} ‘in peace’ as a circumstantial qualifier describing the condition of the return.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–mem
“peace, wholeness”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:1
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house and reached Jerusalem in peace.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 19:1, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׁל֖וֹם (beshalom) 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.19.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.1.W5.S1) and character.