2 Chronicles 23:9:82 Chr.23.9.W8TAB
וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִ֔ים
veethashelatim
“and the large shields”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-sheh-laa-TEEM
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.haʃ.ʃəlaːˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the large shields
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| 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
ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM
- clause
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID a-SHER BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Three coordinated objects follow, each marked by the direct-object marker eth {אֶת־ | ’eṯ}: hachanitim {הַחֲנִיתִים | ha-ḥa-ni-tîm} ‘spears’, hamaginot {הַמָּגִנּוֹת | ham-ma-gîn-nôṯ} ‘shields’, and hashelatim {הַשְּׁלָטִים | ha-šə-lā-ṭîm} ‘bucklers’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:9
Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the shields, and the bucklers that belonged to King David and were kept in the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 23:9, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִ֔ים (veethashelatim) 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.23.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.9.W8.S1) and character.