1 Kings 15:1:31 Kgs.15.1.W3TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה
esere
“ten”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RE
- Extended
- eh-seh-REH
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɛˈeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-se-RE
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NE e-se-RE
- clause
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- sentence
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
It is followed by the compound numeral šmoné ʿeśrê {שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה | še·mō·né ʿe·srê} ‘eighteenth year’.
In context — 1 Kings 15:1
And in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam took the kingship over Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה (esere) 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.15.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.1.W3.S1) and character.