2 Chronicles 33:1:22 Chr.33.1.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה
esere
“ten”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RE
- Extended
- eh-seh-REE
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɛːˈʔeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-se-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE
- clause
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mol-KHO
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mol-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The clause ben {בֶּן־ | ben} shteim esre {שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | šĕ-ṯê-îm ʿe-śrê} shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šā-nāh} follows the Hebrew idiom “son of two ten year” to express age.
Root and etymology
Rootśr
“commander”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign , and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 33:1, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה (esere) 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.33.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.1.W2.S1) and character.