2 Samuel 18:11:152 Sam.18.11.W15TAB
עֲשָׂרָ֥ה
asara
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-sa-RA
- Extended
- ah-sah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕăsaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sa-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sa-RA KE-sef
- clause
ve-a-LAI la-TET le-KHA a-sa-RA KE-sef va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-ISH ha-ma-GID LO ve-hi-NE ra-I-ta u-ma-DU-a LO-hi-KI-to SHAM AR-tse ve-a-LAI la-TET le-KHA a-sa-RA KE-sef va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct latet {לָתֶת | lā-teṯ} heads a hypothetical reward clause with asarah kesef wa-chagorah echad {עֲשָׂרָה כֶּסֶף וַחֲגֹרָה אֶחָת | ʿă-sārāh kě-sěp̄ wa-ḥă-gō-rāh ʾeḥāṯ}, linking promised compensation to the missed opportunity.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-s-r
“ten”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:11
And Joab said to the man who was reporting to him, “Behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there on the ground? Then it would have fallen to me to give you ten pieces of silver and one belt .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 18:11, so the Hebrew word עֲשָׂרָ֥ה (asara) 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 Sam.18.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.11.W15.S1) and character.