Ezekiel 23:15:8Ezek.23.15.W8TAB
שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים
shalishim
“officers”
- Transliteration
- sha-li-SHIM
- Extended
- shaa-lih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːliˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- officers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-li-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
mar-E sha-li-SHIM
- clause
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM
- sentence
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
Exegesis
The noun marʾêh šālîšîm {מַרְאֵה שָׁלִשִׁים | mar-ʾêh šā-lî-šîm} forms an appositional construct meaning ‘appearance of officers’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–shin
“third (rank)”
In context — Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with sashes around their waists and with flowing dyed cloths upon their heads, they had the appearance of officers , all of them like the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, of the land of their birth.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 23:15, so the Hebrew word שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים (shalishim) 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.23.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.15.W8.S1) and character.