Numbers 3:28:7Num.3.28.W7TAB
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ
veshesh
“and six”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHESH
- Extended
- veh-SHEESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHESH me-OT
- clause
shmo-NAT a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT shom-REI mish-ME-ret ha-KO-desh
- sentence
be-mis-PAR kol-ZA-khar mi-ben-KHO-desh va-ma-LA shmo-NAT a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT shom-REI mish-ME-ret ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The construct sequence šə-mō-nát ’ă-lā-p̄īm wə-šēś mē-’ōṯ {שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת | šə-mō-nát ’ă-lā-p̄īm wə-šēś mē-’ōṯ} articulates the number 8,600 following Hebrew numerical syntax with gender agreement.
In context — Numbers 3:28
In the total count of all males one month old and upward, there were 8,600 who kept the charge of the sanctuary .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 3:28, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁ֣שׁ (veshesh) 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.3.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.28.W7.S1) and character.