Judges 18:15:9Judg.18.15.W9TAB
לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
leshalom
“for peace or concerning well-being”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-LOM
- Extended
- leh-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ləʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for peace or concerning well-being
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-LOM
- clause
va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The idiom wayyiš’əlû {וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ | wayyiš’əlû} ‘and they asked’ with lô {ל֖וֹ | lô} ‘to him’ + lĕšālôm {לְשָׁלֽוֹם | lĕšālôm} ‘for peace’ functions as a formulaic inquiry about welfare.
Root and etymology
sh-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“peace, completeness, welfare”
In context — Judges 18:15
So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite , at the house of Micah, and they asked him about his well-being .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (leshalom) 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.18.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W9.S1) and character.