2 Chronicles 13:1:32 Chr.13.1.W3TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
esere
“ten”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RE
- Extended
- eh-seh-REE
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɛːˈʔeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-se-RE
- phraseyour reading level
bash-she-NAT she-mo-NE e-se-RE
- clause
bash-she-NAT she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-me-LEKH ya-ra-ve-AM
- sentence
bash-she-NAT she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-me-LEKH ya-ra-ve-AM va-yim-LOKH a-vi-YA al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal construct bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת | biš-šā-ṯ} “in the year of,” which incorporates the compound numeral shemoneh esreh {שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה | še-mō-néh ʿe-s̆réh} “eighteen” in a construct chain.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:1
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 13:1, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (esere) 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 2 Chr.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.1.W3.S1) and character.