2 Kings 21:1:22 Kgs.21.1.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה
esere
“ten”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RE
- Extended
- eh-seh-REH
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɛˈh/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-se-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA
- clause
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO khef-tsi-VA
Exegesis
The numeral esreh {עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | ʿeśrêh} + shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šānāh} marks “twelve years.”
In context — 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:1, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה (esere) 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.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.1.W2.S1) and character.