2 Samuel 14:27:32 Sam.14.27.W3TAB
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה
shelosha
“three”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHA
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʃəloːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
she-lo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHA va-NIM
- clause
va-yu-VA-le-du le-av-sha-LOM she-lo-SHA va-NIM u-VAT a-KHAT u-she-MA ta-MAR
- sentence
va-yu-VA-le-du le-av-sha-LOM she-lo-SHA va-NIM u-VAT a-KHAT u-she-MA ta-MAR HI ha-ye-TA i-SHA ye-FAT mar-E
Exegesis
The coordinated numeral and noun sheloshah vanim {שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִים | šəlō·šāh bā·nîm} ‘three sons’ is paralleled by uvat achat {וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת | û·vat ’ă·ḥaṯ} ‘and one daughter’, preserving Hebrew gender-number patterns.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:27
Three sons and one daughter were born to Absalom . Her name was Tamar; she was a woman beautiful in appearance .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה (shelosha) 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.14.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.27.W3.S1) and character.