וְשֵׁ֥שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשֵׁ֥שׁ

   ve-SHESH

   and six
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה

   ve-SHESH e-se-RE

   and six ten
3. clause🔊 וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנ֑וֹת׃

   va-yo-LED e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim ba-NIM ve-SHESH e-se-RE ba-NOT

   and he fathered or begot twenty and two sons and six ten daughters
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנ֑וֹת׃

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM ar-BA e-se-RE va-yo-LED e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim ba-NIM ve-SHESH e-se-RE ba-NOT

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah and he took for himself wives or women four ten and he fathered or begot twenty and two sons and six ten daughters

Exegesis

Numerals appear in construct or coordinate structures: arba-esreh {אַרְבַּע־עֶשְׂרֵה | ar-ba-ʿe-se-rē} ‘fourteen’ bound by maqef, esrim ushnayim {עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם | ʿeś-rîm ū-šə-na-yim} ‘twenty and two’, ushesh esreh {וּשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה | ū-šēš ʿe-se-rē} ‘sixteen’.