1 Kings 14:20:51 Kgs.14.20.W5TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-RIHM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim
- clause
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA
- sentence
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The coordinated cardinal numbers esrim ushtayim {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם | ʿe-srīˈm wə-šă-tā-ˈyim} ‘twenty-two’ combine with the noun shanah {שָׁנָ֑ה | šā-nāh} ‘year’ to express the regnal period.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh
“prince, official, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 14:20
The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; then he lay down with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (eserim) 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 1 Kgs.14.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.20.W5.S1) and character.