Exodus 39:13:4Exod.39.13.W4TAB
שֹׁ֖הַם
shoham
“onyx”
- Transliteration
- SHO-ham
- Extended
- SHOH-hahm
- IPA
- /ˈʃoː.ham/
Meaning by language
- English
- onyx
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHO-ham
- phraseyour reading level
tar-SHISH SHO-ham
- clause
ve-ha-TUR ha-re-vi-I tar-SHISH SHO-ham ve-yash-FEH
- sentence
ve-ha-TUR ha-re-vi-I tar-SHISH SHO-ham ve-yash-FEH moo-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV be-mil-lu-o-TAM
Exegesis
It is followed by the coordinate nouns tarshish, shoham, veyaspeh {תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה | tar·šîš šō·ham wə·yāš·pēh} ‘beryl, onyx, and jasper’.
Root and etymology
ש־ה־מ
“onyx, gemstone”
In context — Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row was beryl, onyx, and jasper. They were set in gold settings in their inlaid places.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 39:13, so the Hebrew word שֹׁ֖הַם (shoham) 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.39.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.13.W4.S1) and character.