Isaiah 39:8:11Isa.39.8.W11TAB
שָׁל֥וֹם
shalom
“peace”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOM ve-e-MET
- clause
va-YO-mer KI yih-ye-YE sha-LOM ve-e-MET be-ya-MAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu TOV de-var-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BAR-ta va-YO-mer KI yih-ye-YE sha-LOM ve-e-MET be-ya-MAI
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘for’ introduces the causal clause yihyeh šālôm wəʾĕmet {יִהְיֶ֛ה שָׁל֥וֹם וֶאֱמֶ֖ת | yihyeh šālôm wəʾĕmet} ‘there will be peace and truth’, where the imperfect-subject order yihyeh highlights certainty.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“completeness, peace”
In context — Isaiah 39:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken.” And he said, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 39:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֥וֹם (shalom) 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 Isa.39.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.8.W11.S1) and character.