2 Samuel 15:18:72 Sam.15.18.W7TAB
שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת
sheshmeot
“six hundred”
- Transliteration
- SHESH-me-OT
- Extended
- SHEESH-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /ʃeːʃ.meːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- six hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHESH-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
SHESH-me-OT ISH
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-KHOL-a-va-DAIV o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO ve-KHOL-ha-kre-TI ve-KHOL-ha-ple-TI ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The cardinal-shesh-meot {שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת | šêsh-me-’ôṯ} plus ish {אִ֗ישׁ | îš} forms an appositional numeric descriptor.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants were passing by his side, and all the Kerethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came on foot from Gath, were passing before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת (sheshmeot) 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.15.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.18.W7.S1) and character.