Genesis 42:17:4Gen.42.17.W4PAT
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת
sheloshet
“for three”
- Transliteration
- she-LO-shet
- Extended
- sheh-LOH-shet
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈloː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for three
- French
- pour trois
- Spanish
- por tres
- Portuguese
- por três
- German
- für drei
- Russian
- на три
- Arabic-Simplified
- ثَلَاثَةَ
- Hindi
- तीन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 三
- Korean
- 사흘
- Indonesian
- selama tiga
- Bengali
- তিন
- Tagalog
- sa loob ng tatlong
- Swahili
- tatu
- Amharic
- ለሦስት
- Yoruba
- mẹ́ta
- Igbo
- atọ
- Twi
- mmiɛnsa
- Ewe
- etɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שְׁ + לֹ֥ + שֶׁת
↓
she + lo + shet
↓
sheloshet
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-LO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM el-mish-MAR she-LO-shet ya-MIM
In context — Genesis 42:17
he put them into custody for three days
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 42:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (sheloshet) 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 Gen.42.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.17.W4.S1) and character.