וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה

   va-a-sa-RA

   and ten
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב

   va-a-sa-RA RE-khev

   and ten chariots
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י לֹא֩ הִשְׁאִ֨יר לִיהוֹאָחָ֜ז עָ֗ם כִּ֣י אִם־חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים רַגְלִ֑י

   KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI

   for not left to Jehoahaz army except fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י לֹא֩ הִשְׁאִ֨יר לִיהוֹאָחָ֜ז עָ֗ם כִּ֣י אִם־חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים רַגְלִ֑י כִּ֤י אִבְּדָם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם וַיְשִׂמֵ֥ם כֶּֽעָפָ֖ר לָדֻֽשׁ׃

   KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI KI ib-be-DAM ME-lekh a-RAM va-ye-si-MEM ke-a-FAR la-DUSH

   for not left to Jehoahaz army except fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers for king of Aram destroyed them made them like dust for threshing

Exegesis

The coordinated list employs the vav-consecutive constructions wa-ʿăsārāh {וַעֲשָׂרָה | wa-ʿă-sā-rā} and wa-ʿăśeret {וַעֲשֶׂרֶת | wa-ʿă-se-ret} to link pārašîm {פָּרָשִׁים | pā-rā-šîm} ‘horsemen’, reḵev {רֶכֶב | re-ḵeḇ} ‘chariots’, ʾălāp̄îm {אֲלָפִים | ʾa-lā-p̄îm} ‘thousands’, and raġlê {רַגְלִי | raġ-lê} ‘foot soldiers’.