Genesis 17:25:3Gen.17.25.W3TAB
בֶּן־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ
benshelosh
“son of three”
- Transliteration
- ben-she-LOSH
- Extended
- behn-sheh-LOHSH
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʃə.ˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-she-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-LOSH es-RE
- clause
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO ben-she-LOSH es-RE sha-NA
- sentence
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO ben-she-LOSH es-RE sha-NA be-him-mo-LO ET be-SAR or-la-TO
Exegesis
The construct chain ben she-losh e-sreh sha-nah {בֶּן־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה | ben šə-lōš ʿeś-rē šā-nāh} expresses age as “a son of thirteen years,” where ben governs the numeral phrase closing with sha-nah.
Root and etymology
b-n-hbet-nun-heh
“to build”
In context — Genesis 17:25
Ishmael, his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:25, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ (benshelosh) 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 Gen.17.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.25.W3.S1) and character.