2 Chronicles 22:12:62 Chr.22.12.W6TAB
שֵׁ֣שׁ
shesh
“six”
- Transliteration
- SHESH
- Extended
- SHEESH
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
SHESH sha-NIM
- clause
va-ye-HI i-TAM be-VET ha-e-lo-HIM mit-kha-BE SHESH sha-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI i-TAM be-VET ha-e-lo-HIM mit-kha-BE SHESH sha-NIM va-a-tal-ya mo-LE-khet al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle mitchabbei {מִתְחַבֵּ֖א | mitḥabbêʾ} ‘hiding’ expresses ongoing concealment, quantified by the numeral phrase shesh shanim {שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים | šēš šānîm} ‘six years’.
Root and etymology
š-šshin–shin
“six”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:12
And he stayed with them in the house of God , hidden for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 22:12, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֣שׁ (shesh) 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.22.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.12.W6.S1) and character.