Exodus 16:5:3Exod.16.5.W3TAB

הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י

hashishee

the sixth

Transliteration
ha-shi-SHEE
Extended
hah-shih-SHEE
IPA
/ha.ʃi.ˈʃiː/

Meaning by language

English
the sixth

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Result
הַ + שִּׁ + שִּׁ֔י
ha + shi + shee
hashishee

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-shi-SHEE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE ve-he-khi-NU ET a-sher-ya-VI-u

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE ve-he-khi-NU ET a-sher-ya-VI-u ve-ha-YA mish-NEH AL a-sher-yil-ke-TU YOM YOM

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect vehayah {וְהָיָה֙ | wə-hā-yāh} establishing a future temporal framework, followed by the temporal expression bayom hashishi {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י | bā-yōm ha-šîšî} “on the sixth day.”

In contextExodus 16:5

On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be double of what they gather each day .

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 16:5, so the Hebrew word הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י (hashishee) 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.16.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.5.W3.S1) and character.