2 Kings 13:5:122 Kgs.13.5.W12TAB
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃
shilshom
“formerly”
- Transliteration
- shil-SHOM
- Extended
- shihl-SHOHM
- IPA
- /ʃilˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- formerly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-SHOM
- phraseyour reading level
kit-MOL shil-SHOM
- clause
va-yesh-VOO ve-NEY-yis-ra-EL be-o-ho-le-HEM kit-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
va-yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL mo-SHI-a va-yets-OO mit-TA-khat yad-a-RAM va-yesh-VOO ve-NEY-yis-ra-EL be-o-ho-le-HEM kit-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal adverbial kîtmōl shilšōm {כִּתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם | kîtmōl šilšōm} ‘as in former days’ frames the restored condition by comparison. English renders the Hebrew VSO structure into a natural SVO order while preserving the narrative sequence and theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“former”
In context — 2 Kings 13:5
And the LORD gave Israel a deliverer , and the Israelites went out from under the hand of Aram and dwelt in their tents as in former days.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 13:5, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ (shilshom) 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.13.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.5.W12.S1) and character.