Genesis 22:4:2Gen.22.4.W2TAB

הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י

hashshelishi

third

Transliteration
hash-she-li-SHI
Extended
hahsh-sheh-lee-SHEE
IPA
/haʃ.ʃə.liː.ˈʃiː/

Meaning by language

English
third

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַש + שְּׁ + לִי + שִׁ֗י
hash + she + li + shi
hashshelishi

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    hash-she-li-SHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-YOM hash-she-li-SHI

  3. sentence

    ba-YOM hash-she-li-SHI va-yis-SA av-ra-HAM ET-ei-NAV va-YAR ET-ha-ma-KOM me-ra-KHOK

Exegesis

The verse opens with the temporal phrase bayom {בַּיּוֹם | bay-yôm} ‘in the day’ combined with the ordinal hashlishi {הַשְּׁלִישִׁי | haš-šəlî-šî} ‘third’ to set the narrative timeframe.

In contextGenesis 22:4

On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place from a distance .

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 22:4, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י (hashshelishi) 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.22.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.4.W2.S1) and character.