Proverbs 22:20:5Prov.22.20.W5TAB
שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים
shalishim
“threefold things”
- Transliteration
- sha-li-SHIM
- Extended
- shaa-lih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaː.liˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- threefold things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-li-SHIM
- 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 numeral shalishim {שָׁלִישִׁים | šā-lî-šim} ‘thirty’ introduces the set of communications, which is then specified by the construct bemoetzot {בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת | bə-mō-‘ē-ṣōṯ} ‘counsels’ and the conjunctive vadaat {וָדָֽעַת | wə-ḏā-‘āṯ} ‘and knowledge’, functioning as a hendiadys that combines quantity and wisdom content.
Root and etymology
š-l-šshin–lamed–shin
“third; thirty”
In context — Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written to you thirty sayings in counsels and knowledge?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 22:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים (shalishim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.20.W5.S1) and character.