2 Samuel 20:4:62 Sam.20.4.W6TAB
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
sheloshet
“three {of}”
- Transliteration
- she-LO-shet
- Extended
- sheh-LOH-sheht
- IPA
- /ʃəˈloː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- three {of}
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-LO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-a-ma-SA haz-EK-li et-ish-ye-hu-DA she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-a-ma-SA haz-EK-li et-ish-ye-hu-DA she-LO-shet ya-MIM ve-a-TA PO a-MOD
Exegesis
The temporal construct sheloshet yamim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים | she·lō·šēṯ yā·mîm} ‘three days’ specifies timing.
Root and etymology
s-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:4
And the king said to Amasa , “Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, and you stand here.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 20:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (sheloshet) 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.20.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.4.W6.S1) and character.