Numbers 26:47:5Num.26.47.W5TAB
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה
shelosha
“three”
- Transliteration
- she-lo-SHA
- Extended
- sheh-loh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʃəloˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-lo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHA ve-kha-mi-SHIM
- clause
lif-ku-de-HEM she-lo-SHA ve-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
E-le mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-a-SHER lif-ku-de-HEM she-lo-SHA ve-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The cardinal numbers sheloshah vaḥamishim elef veʾarba meʾot {שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת | šəlō-šāh va-ḥă-mîš-šîm ʾé-lef wə-ʾar-bāʿ mē-ʾōṯ} follow Hebrew numeric syntax—unit before tens, multiplied by a thousand, plus hundreds—yielding 53,400. English rendering places the census result after the tribal designation to preserve narrative flow while maintaining numerical emphasis.
In context — Numbers 26:47
These were the clans of the sons of Asher ; according to their census registration , they numbered 53,400.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:47:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:47, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (shelosha) 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.26.47.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.47.W5.S1) and character.