2 Kings 23:36:72 Kgs.23.36.W7TAB
עֶשְׂרֵה֙
esre
“ten”
- Transliteration
- e-sre
- Extended
- ehs-REEH
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈreː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-sre
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-KHAT e-sre
- clause
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ye-ho-ya-KIM be-mol-KHO ve-a-KHAT e-sre sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ye-ho-ya-KIM be-mol-KHO ve-a-KHAT e-sre sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO ze-vi-DA ze-vu-DDA bat-pe-da-YA min-ru-MA
Exegesis
The perfect verb mālak {מָלַ֖ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’ introduces the duration clause wə-ʾāḥat-ʿeśrêh šānāh {וְאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה | wə-ʾā-ḥat ʿe-srêh šā-nāh} ‘eleven years.’
In context — 2 Kings 23:36
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah , daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:36, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵה֙ (esre) 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.23.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.36.W7.S1) and character.