Exodus 14:7:8Exod.14.7.W8TAB
וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם
veshalishim
“and officers”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-li-SHIM
- Extended
- veh-shah-lee-SHEEM
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaː.liˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and officers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-li-SHIM
- clause
ve-sha-li-SHIM al-KUL-lo
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH SHESH-me-OT RE-khev ba-KHUR ve-KHOL RE-khev mits-RA-yim ve-sha-li-SHIM al-KUL-lo
Exegesis
The final prepositional construction ve-shalishim al-kullo {וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם עַל־כֻּלּֽוֹ | wə-šālišîm ʿal-kullô} “and officers over all of it” assigns hierarchical authority via עַל. This coordination underscores both the scale of Egyptian forces and the distribution of command.
In context — Exodus 14:7
And he took six hundred choice chariots and all the chariots of Egypt , with officers over all of them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 14:7, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם (veshalishim) 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 Exod.14.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.7.W8.S1) and character.