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

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Result
וּ + שְׁ + לֹ֨ + שֶׁת
u + she + lo + shet
usheloshet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-she-LO-shet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextEzekiel 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.