Judges 14:12:17Judg.14.12.W17TAB

שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים

sheloshim

thirty

Transliteration
she-lo-SHIM
Extended
sheh-loh-SHEEM
IPA
/ʃəloˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
thirty

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שְׁ + לֹ + שִׁ֣ים
she + lo + shim
sheloshim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-lo-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM

  3. clause

    im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI shiv-AT ye-ME ham-mish-TE u-me-tsa-TEM ve-na-TAT-ti la-KHEM she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI shiv-AT ye-ME ham-mish-TE u-me-tsa-TEM ve-na-TAT-ti la-KHEM she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

Root and etymology

š-l-šshin–lamed–shin

three, thirty

In contextJudges 14:12

And Samson said to them, “Let me set before you a riddle . If you can truly explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”

About this coordinate

Judges 14:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 14:12, 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.14.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.12.W17.S1) and character.