Daniel 10:4:2Dan.10.4.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- twenty
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 | |
| 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
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A
- clause
oo-ve-YOM e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
oo-ve-YOM e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-a-NI ha-YEE-ti AL YAD han-na-HAR hag-ga-DOL HU khid-da-KEL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction u {וּ | û} ‘and’ introducing the temporal clause be-yom esrim we-arbaah la-chodesh harishon {בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן | bə-yôm ʿeś-rîm wə-ʾar-ba-ʿā(h) la-ḥō-ḏeš hā-rî-šôn} ‘on the twenty-fourth day of the first month’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“to rule”
In context — Daniel 10:4
And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was on the bank of the great river, which is the Hiddekel.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 10:4, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (eserim) 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.10.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.4.W2.S1) and character.