Ezekiel 14:18:1Ezek.14.18.W1TAB
וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת
usheloshet
“and three of”
- Transliteration
- u-she-LO-shet
- Extended
- oo-sheh-LOH-sheht
- IPA
- /uʃăloːˈʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and three of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-LO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le
- clause
u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI LO ya-tsi-LU ba-NIM u-va-NOT
- sentence
u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI LO ya-tsi-LU ba-NIM u-va-NOT KI HEM le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-conjunctive ushloshet {וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת | û-šəlōšet} linking to the preceding context, followed by the definite noun phrase ha-anashim ha-eleh {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה | hā-ʾănāšîm hā-ʾēlleh} specifying the three men.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three”
In context — Ezekiel 14:18
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live—declares the Lord GOD —they would not deliver sons or daughters; only they themselves would be delivered .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:18, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (usheloshet) 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.14.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.18.W1.S1) and character.