2 Kings 15:30:112 Kgs.15.30.W11TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsəˈriːm/
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
bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM
- clause
bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM le-yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA
- sentence
va-yik-SHAR-KE-sher ho-SHE-a ben-E-la al-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu va-ya-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-KHTAIV bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM le-yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause bishnat ʿeśrîm {בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים | bišnāt ʿeśrîm} linked to ləyōṯām {לְיוֹתָם | ləyōṯām} situates the event within the established regnal framework of Kings.
In context — 2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired through an intrigue against Pekah son of Remaliah; he struck and killed him and reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 15:30, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֔ים (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.15.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.30.W11.S1) and character.