Exodus 19:16:3Exod.19.16.W3TAB
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י
hashelishee
“the third”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-li-SHEE
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-lee-SHEE
- IPA
- /haʃəliˈʃiː/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-SHE-li-SHEE
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The temporal expression bayom hashlishi {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי | bay-yôm haš-šə-lî-šî} ‘on the third day’ is followed by the infinitival circumstantial bihyot haboker {בִּהְיֹת הַבֹּקֶר | bih-yōṯ ha-bō-qer} ‘when it was morning’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–shin
“third”
In context — Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning arrived, there were sounds and lightnings, and a heavy cloud lay on the mountain; the sound of a shofar was extremely loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 19:16, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י (hashelishee) 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.19.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.16.W3.S1) and character.