Proverbs 22:20:4Prov.22.20.W4TAB
שלשום
shilshom
“formerly”
- Transliteration
- shil-SHOM
- Extended
- shil-SHOHM
- IPA
- /ʃil.ˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- formerly
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-SHOM
- clause
ha-LO ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM
- sentence
ha-LO ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lekha {לְךָ | lə-ḵā} marks the addressee, and the adverb shalshom {שלשום | šāl-šōm} ‘formerly’ situates the writing in an earlier period.
In context — Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written to you thirty sayings in counsels and knowledge?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 22:20, so the Hebrew word שלשום (shilshom) 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 Prov.22.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.20.W4.S1) and character.