2 Kings 15:17:22 Kgs.15.17.W2TAB
שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים
sheloshim
“thirty”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəloːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
she-lo-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bishnat šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה | bišnăt šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh} ‘in the thirty-ninth year’ uses the preposition b- plus a construct numeral chain for regnal dating.
In context — 2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 15:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (sheloshim) 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.15.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.17.W2.S1) and character.