1 Samuel 15:4:91 Sam.15.4.W9TAB

וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת

vaaseret

and ten

Transliteration
va-a-SE-ret
Extended
vah-ah-SEH-reht
IPA
/vaʕăˈsɛrɛt/

Meaning by language

English
and ten

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + עֲ + שֶׂ֥ + רֶת
va + a + se + ret
vaaseret

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-SE-ret

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM

  3. clause

    va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA

Exegesis

The coordinating wa-ʿăseret {וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת | wa-ʿăseret} ‘and ten’ links with ʼālāp̄îm {אֲלָפִ֖ים | ʼālāp̄îm} ‘thousands’, followed by the direct-object marker ʾet-ʾîš {אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ | ʾet-ʾîš} specifying the men of the clan yəhūḏā {יְהוּדָֽה | yəhūḏā}. This parallel enumeration underscores Saul’s systematic military organization and distinguishes the general levy from the contingent contributed by Judah.

In context1 Samuel 15:4

And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (vaaseret) 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 Sam.15.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W9.S1) and character.