2 Kings 22:20:72 Kgs.22.20.W7TAB
בְּשָׁלוֹם֒
beshalom
“in peace”
- Transliteration
- be-sha-LOM
- Extended
- beh-shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /bəʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
be-sha-LOM
- clause
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
Exegesis
The phrase bəšālôm {בְּשָׁלוֹם | bəšālôm} signals ideal peaceful rest.
Root and etymology
sh-l-mShin–Lamed–Mem
“wholeness, completion”
In context — 2 Kings 22:20
Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace . Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ (beshalom) 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.22.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.20.W7.S1) and character.