Exodus 39:25:9Exod.39.25.W9TAB
עַל־שׁוּלֵ֤י
alshulei
“on the hems of”
- Transliteration
- al-shu-LEI
- Extended
- ahl-shoo-LEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃuˈleː/
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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Word in context
- word
al-shu-LEI
- phraseyour reading level
al-shu-LEI ham-me-IL
- clause
va-yit-te-NU et-ha-pa-a-mo-NIM be-TOKH ha-rim-mo-NIM al-shu-LEI ham-me-IL sa-VIV be-TOKH ha-rim-mo-NIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU fa-a-mo-NEI za-HAV ta-HOR va-yit-te-NU et-ha-pa-a-mo-NIM be-TOKH ha-rim-mo-NIM al-shu-LEI ham-me-IL sa-VIV be-TOKH ha-rim-mo-NIM
Exegesis
The construct pa‘āmōnê zāhāv ṭāhôr {פַעֲמֹנֵי זָהָב טָהוֹר | paʿāmônē zāhāv ṭāhôr} “bells of pure gold” identifies the objects, while the repeated prepositional phrase bĕṯōch harimmônîm {בְּתוֹךְ הָרִמֹּנִ֗ים | bəṯōḵ harimmônîm} “in the midst of the pomegranates” and ʿal-šūlei hammə‘îl {עַל־שׁוּלֵ֤י הַמְּעִיל֙ | ʿal-šūlei hammə‘îl} “on the hems of the robe” specify an alternating arrangement around the garment.
Root and etymology
sh-w-lshin-vav-lamed
“edge, hem”
In context — Exodus 39:25
And they made bells of pure gold and placed them between the pomegranates on the robe’s hems all around .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 39:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־שׁוּלֵ֤י (alshulei) 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.39.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.25.W9.S1) and character.