2 Samuel 20:3:82 Sam.20.3.W8TAB
עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים
esernashim
“ten women”
- Transliteration
- E-ser-na-SHIM
- Extended
- EH-sehr-naa-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛ.sɛr.naːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten women
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
E-ser-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et {אֵת | et} introduces the object phrase eser-na-shim pi-lag-shim {עֶשֶׂר־נָשִׁים פִּלַגְשִׁים | e-ser-na-shim pi-lag-shim}, combining cardinal and noun in construct.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:3
And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, concubines whom he had left to guard the house, and placed them in a house of custody . He provided for them, but to them he did not come. And they remained confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים (esernashim) 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.20.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.3.W8.S1) and character.