2 Kings 20:3:102 Kgs.20.3.W10TAB
שָׁלֵ֔ם
shalem
“whole”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEM
- Extended
- shaa-LEHM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- whole
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM
- clause
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te
- sentence
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The paired perfect verbs hiṭhalakti {הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי | hit-ha-lak-tî} ‘I have walked’ and asiti {עָשִׂיתִי | ʿā-sî-tî} ‘I have done’ are each followed by prepositional phrases be-emet {בֶּאֱמֶת | bə-ʾe-met} ‘in truth’ and u-ve-levav {וּבְלֵבָב | u-və-lev-vāv} ‘and with a heart’ plus shalem {שָׁלֵם | šā-lēm} ‘whole’, intensifying sincerity.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ם
“complete, whole”
In context — 2 Kings 20:3
Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֵ֔ם (shalem) 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.20.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W10.S1) and character.