Exodus 19:15:5Exod.19.15.W5TAB

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת

lishloshet

for three

Transliteration
lish-LO-shet
Extended
lihsh-LOH-sheht
IPA
/liʃ.ˈloː.ʃɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
for three

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִשְׁ + לֹ֣ + שֶׁת
lish + lo + shet
lishloshet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    lish-LO-shet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lish-LO-shet ya-MIM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer el-ha-AM he-YU ne-kho-NIM lish-LO-shet ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer el-ha-AM he-YU ne-kho-NIM lish-LO-shet ya-MIM al-tig-SHU el-ish-SHA

Exegesis

The construct lishlōšet yāmîm {לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים | li-šə-lō-šeṯ yā-mîm} sets a temporal boundary of three days.

In contextExodus 19:15

Moses said to the people, “Be prepared for three days; refrain from drawing near to a woman.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 19:15, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (lishloshet) 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.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.15.W5.S1) and character.