שלשים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שלשים

   she-lo-SHIM

   thirty
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּרְד֨וּ שלשים שְׁלֹשָׁ֜ה

   va-yer-DU she-lo-SHIM she-lo-SHA

   and they went down thirty three
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּרְד֨וּ שלשים שְׁלֹשָׁ֜ה מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים רֹ֗אשׁ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל־קָצִיר֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת עֲדֻלָּ֑ם

   va-yer-DU she-lo-SHIM she-lo-SHA me-ha-she-lo-SHIM ROSH va-ya-VO-u el-ka-TSIR el-da-VID el-me-a-RAT a-dul-LAM

   and they went down thirty three from the thirty head, chief and they came to harvest time to David to the cave of Adullam
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּרְד֨וּ שלשים שְׁלֹשָׁ֜ה מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים רֹ֗אשׁ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל־קָצִיר֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת עֲדֻלָּ֑ם וְחַיַּ֣ת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים חֹנָ֖ה בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃

   va-yer-DU she-lo-SHIM she-lo-SHA me-ha-she-lo-SHIM ROSH va-ya-VO-u el-ka-TSIR el-da-VID el-me-a-RAT a-dul-LAM ve-kha-YAT pe-lish-TIM kho-NA be-E-meq re-fa-IM

   and they went down thirty three from the thirty head, chief and they came to harvest time to David to the cave of Adullam and a band of Philistines encamping in the valley of Rephaim

Exegesis

The Kethiv shloshim {שלשים | šəlōšîm} ‘thirty’ and Qere shloshah {שְׁלֹשָׁ֜ה | šəlōšâ} ‘three’ form a numerical construct modified by meha-sheloshim {מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | mê-ha-šəlōšîm} ‘from-the-thirty’, pinpointing the select group.

Root and etymology

š-l-š🔊 שׁ־ל־שshin–lamed–shin

“thirty, three tens”

• 🔊 שָלֹשׁshaloshthreeGenesis 6:10