2 Chronicles 4:5:72 Chr.4.5.W7TAB
שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה
shoshanna
“of a lily”
- Transliteration
- sho-shan-NA
- Extended
- shoh-shahnh-NAH
- IPA
- /ʃoː.ʃanˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a lily
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-shan-NA
- clause
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA
- sentence
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA ma-kha-ZIK ba-TIM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ya-KHIL
Exegesis
The appositional perach shoshanah {פֶ֖רַח שׁוֹשַנָּ֑ה | p̄e-raḥ šō-šan-nā} ‘flower lily’ reinforces visual imagery through parallelism of form and object.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:5
Its thickness was a handbreadth , and its rim was like the work of a cup’s rim, like a lily flower. It could hold three thousand baths .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 4:5, so the Hebrew word שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה (shoshanna) 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.4.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.5.W7.S1) and character.