2 Chronicles 23:15:62 Chr.23.15.W6TAB
שַֽׁעַר־הַסּוּסִ֖ים
shaarhasusim
“the gate of the horses”
- Transliteration
- sha-ar-ha-su-SIM
- Extended
- shah-ar-hah-soo-SIM
- IPA
- /ʃa.ʕar.hassuːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gate of the horses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| 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
sha-ar-ha-su-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-me-VO sha-ar-ha-su-SIM
- clause
va-ya-SI-mu LA ya-DA-yim va-ta-VO el-me-VO sha-ar-ha-su-SIM BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-SI-mu LA ya-DA-yim va-ta-VO el-me-VO sha-ar-ha-su-SIM BET ha-ME-lekh va-ye-MI-tu-ha SHAM
Exegesis
The sequence el mevo shaar hasusim {אֶל־מְב֥וֹא שַֽׁעַר־הַסּוּסִים | ʾel məb-bōʾ šāʿar ha-sūsîm} shows a double construct chain ‘to the entrance of the Horse Gate’, while beit hamelekh {בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּלֶךְ | bêt hammeleḵ} is a construct-absolute phrase ‘house of the king’.
Root and etymology
š-ʿ-r
“gate, entrance”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:15
So they placed their hands upon her, and she went to the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house ; and they put her to death there.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 23:15, so the Hebrew word שַֽׁעַר־הַסּוּסִ֖ים (shaarhasusim) 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.23.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.15.W6.S1) and character.