Numbers 21:27:3Num.21.27.W3TAB
הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים
hamoshleem
“the ballad singers”
- Transliteration
- ha-mosh-LEEM
- Extended
- hah-mohsh-LEEM
- IPA
- /hamoʃˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ballad singers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| 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
ha-mosh-LEEM
- phraseyour reading level
yom-RU ha-mosh-LEEM
- clause
al-KEN yom-RU ha-mosh-LEEM BO-u khesh-BON
- sentence
al-KEN yom-RU ha-mosh-LEEM BO-u khesh-BON ti-va-NEH ve-ti-ko-NEN EER see-KHON
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yōʾmrû {יֹאמְר֥וּ | yōʾmrû} introduces a proverbial utterance by the participle hammōšlîm {הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים | hammōšlîm} ‘speakers of proverbs’.
Root and etymology
m-š-lmem-shin-lamed
“to rule, use a proverb”
In context — Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs will say, “Come to Heshbon , let it be built; and let the city of Sihon be firmly established.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:27, so the Hebrew word הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים (hamoshleem) 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.21.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.27.W3.S1) and character.