2 Kings 15:8:22 Kgs.15.8.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 u-she-mo-NE
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- 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
The verse opens with the temporal construct bishnat šəlôšîm ušmônê šānāh {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה | bišnāt šəlôšîm ušmônê šānāh} ‘in the thirty-eighth year,’ where a construct noun combines with cardinal numerals to express an ordinal.
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 15:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 15:8, 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.15.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.8.W2.S1) and character.