2 Chronicles 2:18:62 Chr.2.18.W6TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:17
וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-she-mo-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-mo-NIM E-lef
- clause
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR
- sentence
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR u-she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT me-na-tse-KHIM le-ha-a-VID ET-ha-AM
Exegesis
Hebrew numbers follow scale order in šivʿîm ʾelep̄ {שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף | šivʿîm ʾelep̄} ‘seventy thousand’ and ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄ {וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄} ‘eighty thousand’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:18
And he appointed from among them seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 2:18, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים (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.2.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.18.W6.S1) and character.