Exodus 39:24:2Exod.39.24.W2TAB
עַל־שׁוּלֵ֣י
alshule
“on the hems of”
- Transliteration
- al-shu-LE
- Extended
- ahl-shoo-LEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃuːˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the hems of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-shu-LE
- phraseyour reading level
al-shu-LE ham-me-IL
- clause
va-ya-a-SU al-shu-LE ham-me-IL ri-mo-NE te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-la-AT sha-NI
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU al-shu-LE ham-me-IL ri-mo-NE te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-la-AT sha-NI mash-ZAR
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional phrase al–shulei {עַל־שׁוּלֵי | ʿal–šū-lê} ‘upon the hems of’ modifying hame'il {הַמְּעִיל | ḥam-meʿîl} ‘the robe’.
Root and etymology
sh-w-lshin-vav-lamed
“edge, hem”
In context — Exodus 39:24
And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue , and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, finely twisted .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־שׁוּלֵ֣י (alshule) 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.39.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.24.W2.S1) and character.