2 Chronicles 20:21:42 Chr.20.21.W4TAB
מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙
meshorarim
“singers”
- Transliteration
- me-sho-ra-RIM
- Extended
- meh-shoh-rah-REEM
- IPA
- /məʃo.răˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- singers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
me-sho-ra-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MED me-sho-ra-RIM
- clause
va-yiv-VA-ets el-ha-AM va-ya-a-MED me-sho-ra-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH u-me-hal-le-LIM le-had-RAT-KO-desh
- sentence
va-yiv-VA-ets el-ha-AM va-ya-a-MED me-sho-ra-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH u-me-hal-le-LIM le-had-RAT-KO-desh be-TSET lif-NE he-kha-LUTS ve-o-me-RIM ho-DU la-ye-ho-VAH KI le-o-LAM khas-DO
Exegesis
The construct meshorrerim laYHWH {מְשֹׁרֲרִים לַיהוָה | mě-shō-rrē-rîm la-YHWH} ‘singers to the LORD’ uses lamed to dedicate worship.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:21
And he consulted with the people and appointed singers to the LORD and praisers for the splendor of holiness , as they went out before the vanguard, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness endures forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:21, so the Hebrew word מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ (meshorarim) 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.20.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.21.W4.S1) and character.