1 Kings 15:9:21 Kgs.15.9.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-REEM
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM
- clause
u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The Hebrew dating expression u'vishnat {וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת | ū-vīš-nāt} 'in the year' combined with esrim {עֶשְׂרִים | ʾe-s̆er-īm} 'twenty' forms a construct chain indicating regnal synchronism.
In context — 1 Kings 15:9
In Jeroboam’s twentieth year as king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:9, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֔ים (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.15.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.9.W2.S1) and character.