2 Kings 14:7:52 Kgs.14.7.W5TAB
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת
aseret
“ten {construct of}”
- Transliteration
- a-SE-ret
- Extended
- ah-SEH-reht
- IPA
- /ʕăˈsɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten {construct of}
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-SE-ret
- phraseyour reading level
a-SE-ret a-la-FIM
- clause
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The construct numeral ʿăseret alāphîm {עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים | ʿăseret alāphîm} ‘ten thousand’ functions as direct object quantifier.
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת (aseret) 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 Kgs.14.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W5.S1) and character.