2 Samuel 19:35:182 Sam.19.35.W18TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:36
וְשָׁר֖וֹת
vesharot
“and singing women”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-ROT
- Extended
- veh-shah-ROHT
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and singing women
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ve-sha-ROT
- clause
ben-she-MO-nim sha-NA a-no-KHI ha-YOM ha-e-DA ben-TOV le-RA im-yit-AM av-de-KHA et-a-SHER o-KHAL ve-et-a-SHER esh-TE im-esh-MA OD be-KOL sha-RIM ve-sha-ROT ve-la-MA yih-ye av-de-KHA OD le-ma-SA
- sentence
ben-she-MO-nim sha-NA a-no-KHI ha-YOM ha-e-DA ben-TOV le-RA im-yit-AM av-de-KHA et-a-SHER o-KHAL ve-et-a-SHER esh-TE im-esh-MA OD be-KOL sha-RIM ve-sha-ROT ve-la-MA yih-ye av-de-KHA OD le-ma-SA el-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:35
I am a son of eighty years this day; can I discern between what is pleasing and what is not? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I still hear the voice of male and female singers? And why should your servant remain a burden to my lord the king?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:35:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 19:35, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁר֖וֹת (vesharot) 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.19.35.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.35.W18.S1) and character.