2 Samuel 13:38:62 Sam.13.38.W6TAB
שָׁלֹ֥שׁ
shalosh
“three”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOSH
- Extended
- shaa-LOHSH
- IPA
- /ʃaˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
sha-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- clause
va-ye-HI-SHAM sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR va-ye-HI-SHAM sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
The numeral-noun construct shalosh shanim {שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים | šā-lōš šā-nîm} ‘three years’ functions as a temporal expression indicating the duration of exile. The combination of sequential vav plus mixed perfect and imperfect verbs produces a concise narrative summary of flight, relocation, and sustained condition.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:38
And Absalom fled and went to Geshur and he remained there for three years .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 13:38, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֥שׁ (shalosh) 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 Sam.13.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.38.W6.S1) and character.