1 Kings 16:23:121 Kgs.16.23.W12TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
esre
“ten {as -teen form}”
- Transliteration
- es-RE
- Extended
- ehs-REE
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten {as -teen form}
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
es-RE
- phraseyour reading level
she-TEM es-RE
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA be-tir-TSA ma-LAKH SHESH-sha-NIM
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel for twelve years; in Tirzah he reigned six years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 16:23, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (esre) 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.16.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.23.W12.S1) and character.