Judges 20:15:8Judg.20.15.W8TAB
וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה
veshisha
“and six”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-SHA
- Extended
- veh-shih-SHAA
- IPA
- /wəʃiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef
- clause
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The additive numeral esrim ve-shishah elef {עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף | ʿeśrîm wə-šīššāh ʾelep̄} ‘twenty and six thousand’ uses “x and y” plus unit construction.
In context — Judges 20:15
And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities—twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword—apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; there were mustered seven hundred chosen .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:15, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה (veshisha) 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.20.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.15.W8.S1) and character.