Joshua 21:32:15Josh.21.32.W15TAB

שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃

shalosh

three

Transliteration
sha-LOSH
Extended
shah-LOHSH
IPA
/ʔaːˈrim/

Meaning by language

English
three

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Result
שָׁ + לֹֽשׁ׃
sha + losh
shalosh

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-LOSH

  2. clause

    a-RIM sha-LOSH

  3. sentence

    u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM sha-LOSH

Exegesis

The final phrase ʿărîm šālôš {עָרִ֖ים שָׁלֹֽשׁ | ʿă-rîm šā-lōš} has the numeral agreeing in gender with the noun, underscoring the completeness of the territorial allotment.

In contextJoshua 21:32

And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer , namely Kedesh in Galilee with its pastureland, Hammoth Dor with its pastureland, and Kartan with its pastureland—three cities in all.

About this coordinate

Joshua 21:32:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 21:32, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃ (shalosh) 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.21.32.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.32.W15.S1) and character.