2 Kings 15:8:132 Kgs.15.8.W13TAB
שִׁשָּׁ֥ה
shishsha
“six”
- Transliteration
- shish-SHA
- Extended
- shihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʃiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
- clause
ma-LAKH ze-khar-ya-HU ven-ya-ra-ve-AM al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ze-khar-ya-HU ven-ya-ra-ve-AM al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the numeric expression šiššāh ḥōḏāšîm {שִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים | šiššāh ḥōḏāšîm} functions as a temporal complement denoting the duration of his reign.
In context — 2 Kings 15:8
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned six months.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 15:8, so the Hebrew word שִׁשָּׁ֥ה (shishsha) 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.15.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.8.W13.S1) and character.