Judges 15:11:2Judg.15.11.W2TAB

שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩

sheloshet

three of

Transliteration
she-lo-SHET
Extended
sheh-loh-SHET
IPA
/ʃəloˈʃɛt/

Meaning by language

English
three of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שְׁ + לֹ + שֶׁת֩
she + lo + shet
sheloshet

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-lo-SHET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH

  3. clause

    va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu va-YO-mer la-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU LI KEN a-SI-ti la-HEM

Exegesis

The construct chain sheloshet alafim ish {שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ | šəlōšēt ʾălāp̄îm ʾîš} indicates “three thousand men.”

In contextJudges 15:11

Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock at Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are ruling over us? What is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

About this coordinate

Judges 15:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 15:11, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ (sheloshet) 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.15.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.11.W2.S1) and character.