2 Samuel 23:13:42 Sam.23.13.W4TAB
מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
mehasheloshim
“from the thirty”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- mee-hah-sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /meːhaʃ.ʃəloˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ha-she-lo-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-she-lo-SHIM ROSH
- clause
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
- sentence
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
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-šshin–lamed–shin
“thirty, three tens”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the chiefs of the thirty went down and came to David at the cave of Adullam, and a troop of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 23:13, so the Hebrew word מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (mehasheloshim) 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.23.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.13.W4.S1) and character.