2 Chronicles 25:1:62 Chr.25.1.W6TAB
וְעֶשְׂרִי֤ם
veeserim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-se-RIM
- Extended
- veh-eh-se-REEM
- IPA
- /vəʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH a-mats-ya-HU ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH a-mats-ya-HU ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM im-MO ye-ho-a-DAN mi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The duration phrase ve-esrim va-tesha shanah {וְעֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה | və-ʿe-šrîm wā-te-šaʿ šā-nāh} expresses ‘twenty-nine years.’
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“twenty”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:1
At twenty-five, Amaziah took the throne , and he governed Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was named Jehoaddan , and she was a native of Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 25:1, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִי֤ם (veeserim) 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.25.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.1.W6.S1) and character.