Judges 16:27:10Judg.16.27.W10TAB

כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת

kishloshet

“about three”

Transliteration: kish-lo-SHET
Extended: kihsh-loh-SHEHT
IPA: /kiʃloˈʃɛt/

Meaning by language

English: about three

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

כִּשְׁ + לֹ֤ + שֶׁת

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kish + lo + shet

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kishloshet

Alphabet Analysis

	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Lamed	l as in law
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top

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Word in context

word
kish-lo-SHET
phraseyour reading level
kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM
clause
ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON
sentence
ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

Exegesis

The approximate numeral kishloshet alafim {כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ | kiss-lō-šêt ʾă-lā-p̄îm} ‘about three thousand’ modifies ish ve-ishah {אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾîš wə-ʾîš-šāh} ‘man and woman’.

In context — Judges 16:27

And the house was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were present, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women watching Samson in amusement.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:27, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת (kishloshet) 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.16.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.27.W10.S1) and character.

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