2 Kings 13:18:92 Kgs.13.18.W9TAB
שָֽׁלֹשׁ־פְּעָמִ֖ים
shaloshpeameem
“three times”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM
- Extended
- shah-LOHSH-peh-AH-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaː.loːʃ.pə.ʕaː.ˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- three times
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM
- clause
va-yo-MER le-ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL hak-AR-tsa va-YAKH sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM va-ya-ah-MOD
- sentence
va-yo-MER KAKH ha-khi-TSIIM va-yik-KAKH va-yo-MER le-ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL hak-AR-tsa va-YAKH sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM va-ya-ah-MOD
Exegesis
The construct ləmelekh-Yisrael {לְמֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-meleḵ-Yiśrāʾēl} identifies the actor, and the compound numeral šālōš-peʿāmîm {שָׁלֹשׁ-פְּעָמִים | šālōš-peʿāmîm} emphasizes the threefold repetition, underscoring measured obedience and the limit of the king’s action.
Root and etymology
Rootp·ʿ·m
“step, occurrence”
In context — 2 Kings 13:18
And he said, “Take the arrows ,” and the king of Israel took them. Then he said, “Strike the ground,” and the king struck it three times and ceased .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 13:18, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁלֹשׁ־פְּעָמִ֖ים (shaloshpeameem) 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 Kgs.13.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.18.W9.S1) and character.