Judges 19:4:7Judg.19.4.W7TAB
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
sheloshet
“three of”
- Transliteration
- she-LO-shet
- Extended
- sheh-LOH-sheht
- IPA
- /ʃəloːˈʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- three of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
she-LO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The verb vayyeshev ito {וַיֵּשֶׁב אִתּוֹ | wa-ye-šeb ʾit-tô} then introduces the sojourn, with the construct numeral sheloshet yamim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים | še-lō-šeṯ yā-mîm} marking the duration.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“three”
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (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.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W7.S1) and character.