2 Samuel 18:15:22 Sam.18.15.W2TAB
עֲשָׂרָ֣ה
asara
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-sa-RA
- Extended
- ah-sah-RAH
- 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 ne-a-RIM
- clause
va-ya-SO-bu a-sa-RA ne-a-RIM no-se-E ke-LE yo-AV
- sentence
va-ya-SO-bu a-sa-RA ne-a-RIM no-se-E ke-LE yo-AV va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM va-ye-mi-TU-hu
Exegesis
The numeral asarah {עֲשָׂרָה | ʿăsārāh} and noun ne'arim {נְעָרִים | nə‘ārîm} form the subject group.
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:15
Then ten young men , the armor-bearers of Joab, surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word עֲשָׂרָ֣ה (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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.15.W2.S1) and character.