Numbers 20:29:8Num.20.29.W8TAB
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shloshim
“thirty”
- Transliteration
- shlo-SHIM
- Extended
- shloh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃloˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
shlo-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
shlo-SHIM YOM
- clause
va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal expression šelōšîm yôm {שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים י֔וֹם | šelōšîm yôm} ‘thirty days’ marks the duration of communal lament.
In context — Numbers 20:29
And all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (shloshim) 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.20.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W8.S1) and character.