1 Kings 19:19:131 Kgs.19.19.W13TAB
הֶעָשָׂ֑ר
heasar
“ten”
- Transliteration
- he-a-SAR
- Extended
- heh-ah-SAAR
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕaːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
bi-she-NEIM he-a-SAR
- clause
va-ye-LEKH mi-SHAM va-yim-TSA et-e-li-SHA ben-sha-FAT ve-HU kho-RESH she-NEIM-a-SAR tse-ma-DIM le-fa-NAV ve-HU bi-she-NEIM he-a-SAR
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH mi-SHAM va-yim-TSA et-e-li-SHA ben-sha-FAT ve-HU kho-RESH she-NEIM-a-SAR tse-ma-DIM le-fa-NAV ve-HU bi-she-NEIM he-a-SAR va-ya-a-VOR e-li-YA-hu e-LAV va-yash-LEKH a-DAR-to e-LAV
Exegesis
The construct bišnêym hēʿāśār {בִּשְׁנֵים הֶעָשָׂר | bišnêym hēʿāśār} ‘in the twelfth’ highlights his position at the final team.
In context — 1 Kings 19:19
Elijah went from that place and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing with twelve teams of oxen before him, and Elijah came and cast his cloak upon him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 19:19, so the Hebrew word הֶעָשָׂ֑ר (heasar) 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.19.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.19.W13.S1) and character.