2 Chronicles 4:6:32 Chr.4.6.W3TAB
עֲשָׂרָה֒
asara
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-sa-RA
- Extended
- ah-sah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕăsaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sa-RA
- clause
va-ya-AS ki-yo-RIM a-sa-RA va-yit-TEN kha-mi-SHA mi-ya-MIN va-kha-mi-SHA mis-se-MOL le-rakh-TSA va-HEM et-ma-a-SE ha-o-LA ya-di-KHU VAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ki-yo-RIM a-sa-RA va-yit-TEN kha-mi-SHA mi-ya-MIN va-kha-mi-SHA mis-se-MOL le-rakh-TSA va-HEM et-ma-a-SE ha-o-LA ya-di-KHU VAM ve-ha-YAM le-rakh-TSA la-ko-ha-NIM BO
Exegesis
The noun–numeral pair kiyorim asarah {כִּיּוֹרִים עֲשָׂרָה | kî-yôrîm ʿă-sā-rāh} follows the Hebrew pattern of noun before numeral.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:6
And he made ten basins , placing five on the right and five on the left for washing; in them they would rinse the work of the burnt offering, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 4:6, so the Hebrew word עֲשָׂרָה֒ (asara) 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.4.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.6.W3.S1) and character.