Ezekiel 14:16:1Ezek.14.16.W1TAB
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת
sheloshet
“three of”
- Transliteration
- she-LO-shet
- Extended
- sheh-LOH-sheht
- IPA
- /ʃəloːˈʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- three of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
she-LO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le
- clause
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU
- sentence
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with a hypothetical conditional clause introduced by the numeral phrase sheloshet ha-anashim ha-eleh {שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה | šəlōšet hā-ʾănāšîm hā-ʾēlleh} ‘these three men’, functioning as the subject.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three”
In context — Ezekiel 14:16
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord God , they would not deliver sons or daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (sheloshet) 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 Ezek.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W1.S1) and character.