2 Chronicles 23:10:42 Chr.23.10.W4TAB
שִׁלְח֣וֹ
shilkho
“his weapon”
- Transliteration
- shil-KHO
- Extended
- shihl-KHOH
- IPA
- /ʃilˈħoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his weapon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
shil-KHO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO
- clause
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO mik-KE-tef ha-BA-yit ha-ye-ma-NIT ad-KE-tef ha-BA-yit has-se-ma-LIT lam-miz-BE-akh ve-la-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO mik-KE-tef ha-BA-yit ha-ye-ma-NIT ad-KE-tef ha-BA-yit has-se-ma-LIT lam-miz-BE-akh ve-la-BA-yit al-ha-ME-lekh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The distributive construction wə-ʾîš šilḥō bə-yāḏō {וְאִ֣ישׁ שִׁלְח֣וֹ בְיָד֗וֹ | wə-ʾîš šilḥō bə-yāḏō} ‘and each man his weapon in his hand’ highlights individual readiness.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥshin–lamed–ḥet
“to send; missile”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:10
He positioned all the people as a guard, each man holding his weapon in his hand, stretching from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and near the house, enclosing the king .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 23:10, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְח֣וֹ (shilkho) 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.23.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.10.W4.S1) and character.