2 Chronicles 3:9:42 Chr.3.9.W4TAB
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים
khamishim
“fifty”
- Transliteration
- kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- khah-mih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħămiʃˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fifty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
kha-mi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-mi-SHIM za-HAV
- 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’.
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 3:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 3:9, so the Hebrew word חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (khamishim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.9.W4.S1) and character.