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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hash-she-li-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-she-li-SHI
- 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 context — Genesis 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.