Judges 14:12:19Judg.14.12.W19TAB
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים
usheloshim
“and thirty”
- Transliteration
- u-she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /uːʃəloˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-she-lo-SHIM
- 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
- 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 context — Judges 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 14:12:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Judges 14:12, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים (usheloshim) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.12.W19.S1) and character.