Exodus 21:29:6Exod.21.29.W6TAB
שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם
shilshom
“the day before yesterday”
- Transliteration
- shil-SHOM
- Extended
- shihl-SHOHM
- IPA
- /ʃil.ˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the day before yesterday
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-SHOM
- phraseyour reading level
mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
- clause
ve-IM SHOR na-GAKH HU mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM ve-hoo-AD biv-a-LAV ve-LO yish-me-REN-noo ve-he-MIT ISH O ish-SHA
- sentence
ve-IM SHOR na-GAKH HU mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM ve-hoo-AD biv-a-LAV ve-LO yish-me-REN-noo ve-he-MIT ISH O ish-SHA ha-SHOR yis-sa-KEL ve-gam-be-a-LAV yoo-MAT
Exegesis
The noun šôr {שׁוֹר | šôr} with the active participle naggāḥ {נַגָּח | nag-gāḥ} establishes recurring goring, further specified by the merism mittə-mōl šilšôm {מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם | mittə-mōl šil-šôm} indicating past occurrences.
In context — Exodus 21:29
But if the bull is a goring animal , and it has been testified to its owners , and they have not kept it guarded, and it kills a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:29, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם (shilshom) 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.21.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.29.W6.S1) and character.