2 Chronicles 3:9:22 Chr.3.9.W2TAB
לְמִסְמְר֥וֹת
lemismerot
“for the nails”
- Transliteration
- le-mis-me-ROT
- Extended
- leh-mihs-meh-ROHT
- IPA
- /ləmisməˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the nails
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mis-me-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
le-mis-me-ROT li-she-ka-LIM
- clause
u-mish-KAL le-mis-me-ROT li-she-ka-LIM kha-mi-SHIM za-HAV
- sentence
u-mish-KAL le-mis-me-ROT li-she-ka-LIM kha-mi-SHIM za-HAV ve-ha-a-li-YOT khi-PA za-HAV
Exegesis
The phrase lemismerot {לְמִסְמְרוֹת | lə-mis-me-rōt} ‘for nails’ specifies purpose, followed by lishkalim {לִשְׁקָלִ֖ים | liš-qā-lîm} ‘by shekels’ marking the unit of measure and the numeral ḥamishim {חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים | ḥă-miš-šîm} ‘fifty’ modifying zahav {זָהָ֑ב | zā-hāv} ‘gold’.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–mem–resh
“fastener”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:9
The gold used for the nails weighed fifty shekels, and he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 3:9, so the Hebrew word לְמִסְמְר֥וֹת (lemismerot) 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.3.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.9.W2.S1) and character.