Numbers 15:7:3Num.15.7.W3TAB
שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית
shelishit
“a third”
- Transliteration
- she-li-SHIT
- Extended
- sheh-li-SHEET
- IPA
- /ʃəliˈʃiːt/
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-SHIT
- phraseyour reading level
she-li-SHIT ha-HIN
- clause
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh she-li-SHIT ha-HIN
- sentence
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh she-li-SHIT ha-HIN tak-RIV RE-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The quantitative phrase shlishit ha-hin {שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין | šəlîšît ha-hîn} ‘a third of a hin’ combines an ordinal numeral with a liquid-measure noun in construct.
In context — Numbers 15:7
And wine for the libation , a third of a hin you shall offer as a soothing aroma to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:7, so the Hebrew word שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית (shelishit) 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.15.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.7.W3.S1) and character.