Exodus 20:9:1Exod.20.9.W1TAB
שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת
sheshet
“six”
- Transliteration
- SHE-shet
- Extended
- SHEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈʃeː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD ve-a-SEE-TA kol-me-lakh-TE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct numeral sheshet {שֵׁשֶׁת | šē-šet} ‘six’ immediately followed by the noun yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’, forming a temporal frame that governs the command.
Root and etymology
shin–shin–tavshin–shin–tav
“six”
In context — Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall work, and you shall do all your work .
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 20:9, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת (sheshet) 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.20.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.9.W1.S1) and character.