Numbers 26:49:4Num.26.49.W4TAB
לְשִׁלֵּם
leshillem
“of Shillem”
- Transliteration
- le-shil-LEM
- Extended
- leh-shil-LEM
- IPA
- /ləʃilˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Shillem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-shil-LEM
- sentence
le-YE-tser mish-pa-KHAT ha-yits-REE le-shil-LEM mish-pa-KHAT ha-shil-LE-mi
Exegesis
The verse employs two parallel prepositional clauses introduced by leYetser {לְיֵ֕צֶר | lə-yē-ṣer} and leShillem {לְשִׁלֵּ֕ם | lə-šil-lêm}, marking eponymous ancestors.
In context — Numbers 26:49
Of Yetser, the clan of the Yetserite; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemite .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:49:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 26:49, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁלֵּם (leshillem) 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.26.49.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.49.W4.S1) and character.