1 Kings 16:8:21 Kgs.16.8.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- ehs-eh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsəˈriːm/
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
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh e-LA ben-ba-SHA al-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA she-na-TA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal construct bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | biš-nāt} ‘in the year of’ followed by the cardinal compound esrim vashesh shanah {עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה | ʿeṣ-rîm vā-šēš šā-nāh} functioning as an ordinal expression.
Root and etymology
ʿayin–shin–resh
“ten”
In context — 1 Kings 16:8
In Asa king of Judah’s twenty-sixth year , Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and he ruled two years .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (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.16.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.8.W2.S1) and character.