Numbers 2:11:3Num.2.11.W3TAB
שִׁשָּׁ֧ה
shisha
“six”
- Transliteration
- shi-SHA
- Extended
- shee-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʃiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
shi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
shi-SHA ve-ar-ba-IM
- clause
shi-SHA ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DAI-v shi-SHA ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
Exegesis
The numeral šîššāh {שִׁשָּׁ֧ה | šîššāh} “six” plus arbaʻîm {אַרְבָּעִים | arbaʻîm} “forty” follow the Hebrew additive pattern, then ʼēleṯ {אֶ֖לֶף | ʼēleṯ} “thousand” scales the total to 46,000.
In context — Numbers 2:11
And his army and those numbered with him were 46,500 .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:11, so the Hebrew word שִׁשָּׁ֧ה (shisha) 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.2.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.11.W3.S1) and character.