Daniel 1:12:4Dan.1.12.W4TAB
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה
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
ya-MIM a-sa-RA
- clause
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha ya-MIM a-sa-RA
- sentence
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha ya-MIM a-sa-RA ve-yit-NU-LA-nu min-ha-ze-ro-IM ve-no-khe-LA u-MA-yim ve-nish-TE
Exegesis
The temporal phrase yamim asara {יָמִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֑ה | yā-mîm ʿă-śā-rā} ‘ten days’ specifies duration.
Root and etymology
ś-r-rShin-Resh-Resh
“chief, leader”
In context — Daniel 1:12
Please put your servants to the test for ten days, and let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 1:12, so the Hebrew word עֲשָׂרָ֑ה (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 Dan.1.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.12.W4.S1) and character.