Numbers 15:8:6Num.15.8.W6TAB
אֽוֹ־שְׁלָמִ֖ים
oshlemim
“or peace offerings”
- Transliteration
- o-shle-MIM
- Extended
- oh-shleh-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ʃləˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- or peace offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-shle-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-pal-LE-ne-der o-shle-MIM
- clause
le-pal-LE-ne-der o-shle-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR o-LAH o-za-VAkh le-pal-LE-ne-der o-shle-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The purpose phrase le-palle-neder {לְפַלֵּא־נֶ֥דֶר | lə-palē-nēder} ‘to fulfill a vow’ introduces one motive, while the alternation with oshelamim {אֽוֹ־שְׁלָמִ֖ים | ʾō-šəlāmîm} ‘peace offerings’ extends the ritual options.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“peace, completeness”
In context — Numbers 15:8
And when you present a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as peace offerings to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:8, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־שְׁלָמִ֖ים (oshlemim) 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.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.8.W6.S1) and character.