Psalm 18:49:5Ps.18.49.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:50
וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖
uleshimkha
“and to your name”
- Transliteration
- u-le-SHIM-kha
- Extended
- oo-leh-SHIM-khah
- IPA
- /uləˈʃimxɔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to your name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-SHIM-kha
- clause
u-le-SHIM-kha a-za-ME-ra
- sentence
al-KEN o-de-KHA bag-GO-yim ye-ho-VAH u-le-SHIM-kha a-za-ME-ra
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases bagoyim {בַגּוֹיִם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ and uleshimkha {וּלְשִׁמְךָ | ʾû-lə-šim-ḵā} ‘to Your name’ define the universal scope and focus of worship.
In context — Psalm 18:49
Therefore I will thank You, O LORD , among the nations, and to Your name I will sing praises .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:49:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:49, so the Hebrew word וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖ (uleshimkha) 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 Ps.18.49.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.49.W5.S1) and character.