Joshua 19:6:5Josh.19.6.W5TAB
שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
sheloshesre
“thirteen”
- Transliteration
- shelosh-ES-re
- Extended
- she-LOSH-ES-reh
- IPA
- /ʃəˈloʃ.ʕɛsˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirteen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shelosh-ES-re
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM shelosh-ES-re
- clause
a-RIM shelosh-ES-re ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
u-VEIT le-va-OT ve-sha-RU-khen a-RIM shelosh-ES-re ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The noun arim {עָרִ֥ים | ’ā-rîm} “towns” is then modified by the feminine construct numeral shelosh-esre {שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | šəlōš-’eśrê} “thirteen.”
In context — Joshua 19:6
Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen, thirteen towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 19:6, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (sheloshesre) 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.19.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.6.W5.S1) and character.