2 Samuel 19:17:122 Sam.19.17.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:18
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים
veesrerim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-es-re-RIM
- Extended
- veh-ehs-reh-REEM
- IPA
- /wəʕɛs.rəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-es-re-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV
- clause
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO
- sentence
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The numeral phrase və-ḥameisháh ʿā-sār bānāyw {וְחֲמֵשָׁה עָשָׂר בָּנָיו | və-ḥa-mei-šāh ʿā-sār bānāyw} ‘and fifteen his sons’ and wə-ʿeśrīm ʿăḇādāyw {וְעֶשְׂרִים עֲבָדָיו | wə-ʿeś-rîm ʿă-ḇā-dāyw} ‘and twenty his servants’ creates cumulative emphasis.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:17
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants were with him, and they crossed the Jordan before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (veesrerim) 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.19.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.17.W12.S1) and character.