Numbers 26:20:4Num.26.20.W4TAB

לְשֵׁלָה

leshela

of Shelah

Transliteration
le-she-LA
Extended
leh-sheh-LAA
IPA
/ləʃeˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
of Shelah

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Result
לְ + שֵׁ + לָה
le + she + la
leshela

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-she-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-she-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-she-la-NAI le-fe-RETZ mish-pa-KHAT ha-par-TZI le-ze-RAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI-u be-NEI-ye-hu-DA le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-she-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-she-la-NAI le-fe-RETZ mish-pa-KHAT ha-par-TZI le-ze-RAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI

In contextNumbers 26:20

And the sons of Judah were organized into clans : the clan of Shelah the Shelanite; the clan of Perez the Perezite; and the clan of Zerah the Zerahite.

About this coordinate

Numbers 26:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 26:20, so the Hebrew word לְשֵׁלָה (leshela) 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.26.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.20.W4.S1) and character.