Judges 14:11:5Judg.14.11.W5TAB
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
sheloshim
“thirty”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəloːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirty
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-lo-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHIM me-re-IM
- clause
va-yik-KHU she-lo-SHIM me-re-IM va-yih-YU i-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI kih-re-o-TAM o-TO va-yik-KHU she-lo-SHIM me-re-IM va-yih-YU i-TO
Exegesis
The main verb vayikchu {וַיִּקְחוּ֙ | wā-yik-kḥû} ‘they took’ introduces the action, with the numeral sheloshim {שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | šĕ-lō-šîm} ‘thirty’ combining with the partitive mereim {מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים | mē-rê-ʿîm} ‘from companions’ to denote selection from a group.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three, thirty”
In context — Judges 14:11
And it happened that when they saw him, they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 14:11, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (sheloshim) 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 Judg.14.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.11.W5.S1) and character.