1 Kings 14:3:31 Kgs.14.3.W3TAB
עֲשָׂרָ֨ה
asara
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-sa-RA
- Extended
- ah-saa-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕăsaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sa-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sa-RA LE-khem ve-nik-ku-DIM
- clause
ve-la-KHAKHT be-ya-DEKH a-sa-RA LE-khem ve-nik-ku-DIM u-vak-buk de-VASH u-VAAT e-LAV
- sentence
ve-la-KHAKHT be-ya-DEKH a-sa-RA LE-khem ve-nik-ku-DIM u-vak-buk de-VASH u-VAAT e-LAV HU ya-GID LAKH ma-YI-ye la-NA-ar
Exegesis
The items ʿəsārāh leḥem {עֲשָׂרָה לֶחֶם | ʿə-sārāh le-ḥem} ‘ten loaves of bread’, wə-niqquḏīm {וְנִקֻּדִים | wə-nikkū-ḏīm} ‘and cakes’, and ū-ḇaqbūq də-baš {וּבַקְבֻּק דְּבַשׁ | ū-ḇaq-būq də-baš} ‘and a bottle of honey’ are listed without conjunctions.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh
“prince, official, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 14:3
And you shall take in your hand ten loaves of bread, and cakes , and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will happen to the boy .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:3, so the Hebrew word עֲשָׂרָ֨ה (asara) 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.14.3.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.3.W3.S1) and character.