2 Chronicles 3:13:62 Chr.3.13.W6TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɪˈiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-MOT e-se-RIM
- clause
kan-FE ha-ke-ru-VIM ha-E-le por-se-SIM a-MOT e-se-RIM
- sentence
kan-FE ha-ke-ru-VIM ha-E-le por-se-SIM a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-HEM o-me-DIM al-rag-le-e-HEM u-fe-ne-e-HEM la-BA-yit
Exegesis
The participle porsim {פֹּרְשִׂים | pôr-śîm} ‘spreading’ governs the measurement phrase ammot esrim {אַמּוֹת עֶשְׂרִים | ʾam-môṯ ʿe-srîm} ‘twenty cubits.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:13
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits , and they stood on their feet with their faces toward the house .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 3:13, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֑ים (eserim) 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.3.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.13.W6.S1) and character.