2 Samuel 23:9:72 Sam.23.9.W7TAB
בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה
bishelosha
“among the three”
- Transliteration
- bi-she-lo-SHA
- Extended
- bih-sheh-loh-SHAA
- IPA
- /biʃ.lɔːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bi-she-lo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM
- clause
bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-khe-RO ve-a-kha-RAV el-e-A-zar ben-da-DI do-DO ben-a-kho-KHI bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A prepositional numeral bishlosha {בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה | biš-lo-šāh} ‘among three’ qualifies gibborim {גִּבֹּרִ֜ים | gib-bō-rîm} ‘mighty men’ as an elite trio.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar, son of Dodo the Ahohite , one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 23:9, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה (bishelosha) 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.23.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.9.W7.S1) and character.