Numbers 19:12:4Num.19.12.W4TAB
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י
hashlishi
“the third”
- Transliteration
- hash-li-SHI
- Extended
- hash-lee-SHEE
- IPA
- /haʃliˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the third
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-li-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-li-SHI
- clause
HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR
- sentence
HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR
Exegesis
u-ba-yōm ha-šəvîʿî {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי…וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי} establish a required sequence of days for ritual efficacy.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ש
“three”
In context — Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean ; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:12, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י (hashlishi) 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.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.12.W4.S1) and character.