2 Kings 13:25:152 Kgs.13.25.W15TAB
שָׁלֹ֤שׁ
shalosh
“three”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOSH
- Extended
- shah-LOSH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
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 |
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Word in context
- word
sha-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
- clause
sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bammilḥāmāh} establishes the context of war, followed by shalosh peamim hikahu {שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הִכָּהוּ | šālōš pə‘āmîm hikkāhû}, a numerical expression of threefold victory.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“former”
In context — 2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash restored and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of his father Jehoahaz in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and he restored the cities of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:25:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֤שׁ (shalosh) 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.13.25.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.25.W15.S1) and character.