Exodus 34:21:1Exod.34.21.W1TAB
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת
sheshet
“six”
- Transliteration
- SHE-shet
- Extended
- SHEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈʃeː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT be-kha-RISH u-va-ka-TSIR tish-BOT
Exegesis
The verse begins with sheshet yamim {שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים | šē-šeṯ yā-mîm} ‘six days’, establishing a temporal boundary for labor.
Root and etymology
š-š-tshin–shin–tav
“six”
In context — Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing and in harvest you shall rest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 34:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 34:21, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֤שֶׁת (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.34.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.34.21.W1.S1) and character.