2 Chronicles 3:4:82 Chr.3.4.W8TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-RIHM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsəˈriːm/
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
ve-ha-u-LAM a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-O-rekh al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-ha-GO-vah me-A ve-e-se-RIM
- sentence
ve-ha-u-LAM a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-O-rekh al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-ha-GO-vah me-A ve-e-se-RIM va-ytsa-PE-hu mi-pe-ni-MA za-HAV ta-HOR
Exegesis
The paired measurements amot esrim {אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים | ʾăm-mōt ʿeś-rîm} and meah veesrim {מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים | mē-ʾāh wə-ʿeś-rîm} display Hebrew numeric parallelism.
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:4
The portico in front of the house was twenty cubits long, matching the width of the house, and it rose one hundred and twenty cubits high. He overlaid its interior with pure gold .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 3:4, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֔ים (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.3.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.4.W8.S1) and character.