Numbers 25:1:3Num.25.1.W3TAB
בַּשִּׁטִּים
bashitim
“in Shittim”
- Transliteration
- ba-shi-TIM
- Extended
- bah-shi-TEEM
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃiˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Shittim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-shi-TIM
- sentence
va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL ba-shi-TIM va-ya-CHEL ha-AM liz-NOT el-be-NOT mo-AV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešeb} ‘and he dwelt’, which situates yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl} in bashittim {בַּשִּׁטִּים | baššîṭîm} ‘in Shittim’.
In context — Numbers 25:1
And Israel settled in Shittim , and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 25:1, so the Hebrew word בַּשִּׁטִּים (bashitim) 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.25.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.1.W3.S1) and character.