Judges 17:1:3Judg.17.1.W3TAB

וּשְׁמ֥וֹ

ushemo

and his name

Transliteration
u-she-MO
Extended
oo-sheh-MOH
IPA
/uʃəˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
and his name

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Result
וּ + שְׁ + מ֥וֹ
u + she + mo
ushemo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-she-MO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-she-MO mi-kha-YE-hu

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI-I-sh me-har-e-fra-YIM u-she-MO mi-kha-YE-hu

Exegesis

The connector ushemo {וּשְׁמ֥וֹ | wə-šĕ-mo} ‘and his name’ introduces the proper name that follows, linking the indefinite figure to a unique identity.

In contextJudges 17:1

Now there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah.

About this coordinate

Judges 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:1, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (ushemo) 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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.1.W3.S1) and character.