Numbers 22:28:12Num.22.28.W12TAB
שָׁלֹ֥שׁ
shalosh
“three”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOSH
- Extended
- shah-LOHSH
- IPA
- /ʃaˈloːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LOSH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- clause
va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-yif-TAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-PI ha-a-TON va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
Exegesis
Finally, the demonstrative zeh shalosh regalim {זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים | zê šā-lō-š rə-ḡā-lîm} ‘this three times’ intensifies repetition. English word order shifts from Hebrew VSO to SVO for natural reading while preserving the focus on divine empowerment and the donkey’s voice.
In context — Numbers 22:28
And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:28, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֥שׁ (shalosh) 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.22.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.28.W12.S1) and character.