Joshua 21:33:4Josh.21.33.W4TAB
שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה
sheloshesre
“thirteen”
- Transliteration
- she-LOSH-es-RE
- Extended
- sheh-LOHSH-es-REH
- IPA
- /ʃəloʃ.ʕesˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirteen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
she-LOSH-es-RE
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH-es-RE EER
- clause
she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- sentence
KOL-a-REI ha-ger-shu-NI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The compound numeral šalōš-ʿaśrā {שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה | šalōš-ʿaśrā} ‘thirteen’ precedes ʿîr {עִיר | ʿîr} ‘town’, reflecting Hebrew numeral–noun order.
In context — Joshua 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their clans were thirteen in number, along with their pasturelands .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:33, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה (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.21.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.33.W4.S1) and character.