Numbers 26:27:5Num.26.27.W5TAB
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים
shishim
“sixty”
- Transliteration
- shi-SHIM
- Extended
- shi-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃiˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sixty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
shi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
shi-SHIM E-lef
- clause
shi-SHIM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT haz-ze-vu-lo-NI lif-ku-de-HEM shi-SHIM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT va-ye-LEKH
Exegesis
The numerical sequence—shishim {שִׁשִּׁ֥ים | šî-šîm} ‘sixty’, elef {אֶלֶף | ʾê-lep̄} ‘thousand’, vav-prefixed conjunction vachamesh {וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | wă-ḥă-mēš} ‘and five’, and meot {מֵאֽוֹת׃ | mē-’ôṯ} ‘hundreds’—reflects Hebrew’s multiplicative counting system, which is rendered in English by grouping the units for clarity.
In context — Numbers 26:27
These are the families of the Zebulunite ; according to those counted , there were sixty thousand and five hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:27, so the Hebrew word שִׁשִּׁ֥ים (shishim) 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.26.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.27.W5.S1) and character.