Exodus 19:1:2Exod.19.1.W2TAB
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
hashleeshee
“the third”
- Transliteration
- ha-shlee-SHEE
- Extended
- hah-shlee-SHEE
- IPA
- /haʃliˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the third
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-shlee-SHEE
- clause
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim ba-YOM ha-ZEH BAA-u mid-BAR see-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal phrase bachodesh {בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | bā-ḥō-deš} ‘in the month’ modified by the ordinal hashlishi {הַשְּׁלִישִׁי | haš-šə-lî-šî} ‘the third’, establishing the timeframe.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–shin
“third”
In context — Exodus 19:1
In the third month after the sons of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, on that same day they entered the wilderness of Sinai.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 19:1, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י (hashleeshee) 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.19.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.1.W2.S1) and character.