Joshua 15:48:2Josh.15.48.W2TAB

שָׁמִ֥יר

shamir

Shamir

Transliteration
sha-MIR
Extended
shah-MEER
IPA
/ʃaˈmiːr/

Meaning by language

English
Shamir

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁ + מִ֥יר
sha + mir
shamir

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-MIR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sha-MIR ve-ya-TIR

  3. clause

    sha-MIR ve-ya-TIR ve-so-KHO

  4. sentence

    u-va-HAR sha-MIR ve-ya-TIR ve-so-KHO

Root and etymology

š-m-rshin–mem–resh

flint or thorn

In contextJoshua 15:48

And in the hill country , Shamir, Jattir, and Sokoh .

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:48:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:48, so the Hebrew word שָׁמִ֥יר (shamir) 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 Josh.15.48.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.48.W2.S1) and character.