Numbers 15:6:9Num.15.6.W9TAB
שְׁלִשִׁ֥ית
shelisheet
“a third”
- Transliteration
- she-li-SHEET
- Extended
- sheh-lee-SHEET
- IPA
- /ʃəliˈʃit/
Meaning by language
- English
- a third
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-li-SHEET
- phraseyour reading level
she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
- clause
be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
- sentence
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
Exegesis
The ordinal shelishit hahin {שְׁלִשִׁית הַהִין | šəlîšît ha-hîn} ‘third the hin’ completes the precise measurement schema typical of priestly formulas. The English rendering mirrors Hebrew order while clarifying technical measures.
In context — Numbers 15:6
Or, for a ram you shall prepare a grain offering of fine flour —two tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, a third of a hin .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 15:6, so the Hebrew word שְׁלִשִׁ֥ית (shelisheet) 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 Num.15.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.6.W9.S1) and character.