Judges 15:4:5Judg.15.4.W5TAB
שׁוּעָלִ֑ים
shualim
“foxes”
- Transliteration
- shu-a-LIM
- Extended
- shoo-ah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʃuː.ʕaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- foxes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
shu-a-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM
- clause
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON va-yil-KOD she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON va-yil-KOD she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM va-yik-KAKH la-pi-DIM va-ye-FEN za-NAV el-za-NAV va-ya-SEM la-PID e-KHAD BEN-she-NE ha-ze-na-VOT ba-ta-VEKH
Exegesis
The numeral construct šəlōš-me’ōṯ {שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת | šəlōš-me’ōṯ} ‘three hundred’ with šū‘ālîm {שׁוּעָלִ֑ים | šū‘ālîm} ‘foxes’ conveys a measure expression.
In context — Judges 15:4
Samson went out, captured three hundred foxes, and took torches. He tied them tail to tail and set one torch between the two tails, in the middle .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 15:4, so the Hebrew word שׁוּעָלִ֑ים (shualim) 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.15.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.4.W5.S1) and character.