2 Chronicles 25:23:102 Chr.25.23.W10TAB
שָׁ֑מֶשׁ
shamesh
“Shemesh”
- Transliteration
- SHA-mesh
- Extended
- SHAA-mehsh
- IPA
- /ˈʃaː.mɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shemesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHA-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET SHA-mesh
- clause
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh
- sentence
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh va-ye-vi-E-HU ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mish-SHA-ar ef-ra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-po-NE ar-BA me-OT a-MA
Exegesis
The locative bebeit-shamesh {בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ | bə-ḇêṯ šā-meš} ‘at Beth Shemesh’ indicates the site of capture.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash, king of Israel, seized Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he broke through the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate up to the Corner Gate , a span of four hundred cubits .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 25:23, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑מֶשׁ (shamesh) 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.25.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.23.W10.S1) and character.