2 Samuel 23:8:152 Sam.23.8.W15TAB
עַל־שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה
alshemone
“against eight”
- Transliteration
- al-she-mo-NE
- Extended
- ahl-sheh-moh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃəmoːˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against eight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-she-mo-NE
- phraseyour reading level
al-she-mo-NE me-OT
- clause
yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT
- sentence
E-le she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER le-da-VID yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence al shemoneh meot chalal {עַל־שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת חָלָל | ʿal še-mo-nê mē-ʾôṯ ḥā-lāl} ‘against eight hundred slain’ conveys scope through Hebrew numeral multiplication.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men who belonged to David: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite, chief of the three; he was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 23:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה (alshemone) 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.23.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.8.W15.S1) and character.