2 Kings 15:27:132 Kgs.15.27.W13TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈriːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM sha-NA
- clause
MA-lakh PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON e-se-RIM sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The noun shanah {שָׁנָה | šā-nā} ‘year’ appears both in the dating clause and in the final esrim shanah {עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה | ʿeś-rîm šā-nā} ‘twenty years,’ marking Pekah’s reign duration.
In context — 2 Kings 15:27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (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 Kgs.15.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.27.W13.S1) and character.