כֹּרִ֣ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֹּרִ֣ים

   KO-rim

   cors
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף

   KO-rim e-se-RIM E-lef

   cors twenty thousand
3. clause🔊 נָתַ֣תִּי חִטִּים֩ מַכּ֨וֹת לַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָ כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אָ֑לֶף

   na-ta-TI khi-TIM ma-KOT la-a-va-DE-kha KO-rim e-se-RIM E-lef u-se-o-RIM KO-rim e-se-RIM A-lef

   I have given wheat beaten or crushed for your servants cors twenty thousand and barley cors twenty thousand
4. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה לַחֹטְבִ֣ים לְכֹרְתֵ֣י הָעֵצִ֑ים נָתַ֣תִּי חִטִּים֩ מַכּ֨וֹת לַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָ כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אָ֑לֶף וְיַ֗יִן בַּתִּים֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וְשֶׁ֖מֶן בַּתִּ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃

   ve-hin-NE la-KHO-te-vim le-khor-TE ha-e-TSIM na-ta-TI khi-TIM ma-KOT la-a-va-DE-kha KO-rim e-se-RIM E-lef u-se-o-RIM KO-rim e-se-RIM A-lef ve-ya-YIN ba-TIM e-se-RIM E-lef ve-SHE-men ba-TIM e-se-RIM A-lef

   and behold for the woodcutters for those who cut the trees I have given wheat beaten or crushed for your servants cors twenty thousand and barley cors twenty thousand and wine baths twenty thousand and oil baths twenty thousand

Exegesis

The list of provisions is structured by dry measure korim {כֹּרִים | kôr-rîm} and liquid measure batim {בַּתִּים | ba-tîm}, each quantified by esrim elef {עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף | ʿeś-rîm ʾe-lep̄} “twenty thousand,” creating a cumulative effect. Rendering natati in the future highlights its pledging function.

Root and etymology

כ־ו־ר🔊 kaf–vav–resh

“dry measure”