Job 22:21:3Job.22.21.W3TAB
וּשְׁלם
ushelem
“and be at peace”
- Transliteration
- u-she-LEM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-LEHM
- IPA
- /uʃəˈlɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and be at peace
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-LEM ba-HEM
- clause
u-she-LEM ba-HEM te-vo-AT-kha to-VA
- sentence
has-ken-NA i-MO u-she-LEM ba-HEM te-vo-AT-kha to-VA
Exegesis
Waw introduces the paired Qal imperative u-shelem {וּשְׁלֵם | wə·šəlēm} ‘and be complete,’ emphasizing relational wholeness.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“to be complete”
In context — Job 22:21
Please incline yourself with Him , and be at peace ; thereby good will come to you.
About this coordinate
Job 22:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 22:21, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁלם (ushelem) 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 Job.22.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.21.W3.S1) and character.