Numbers 15:9:5Num.15.9.W5TAB
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה
sheloshah
“three”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHAH
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʃəloˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-lo-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM
- clause
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM
- sentence
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM ba-LOOL ba-SHE-men kha-TSEE ha-HEEN
Exegesis
The construct chain minchah solet sheloshah esronim {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים | min-ḥā so-leṯ šə-lô-šā ʿe-sro-nîm} ‘grain offering of fine flour, three tenths’ conveys a precise fractional measure.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–heh
“lamb, kid”
In context — Numbers 15:9
And he shall bring with the bull a grain offering of fine flour—three tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, half a hin.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:9, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה (sheloshah) 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.15.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.9.W5.S1) and character.