Exodus 16:36:2Exod.16.36.W2TAB
עֲשִׂרִ֥ית
asirit
“a tenth of”
- Transliteration
- a-si-RIT
- Extended
- ah-see-REET
- IPA
- /ʕă.si.ˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tenth of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-si-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
a-si-RIT ha-e-FA
- sentence
ve-ha-O-mer a-si-RIT ha-e-FA HU
Exegesis
The construct chain asirit haeifah {עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה | ʿă-šī-rît hā-ʾê-p̄āh} “a tenth of the ephah” syntactically binds the fractional noun to its base measure.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“to be ten, to take a tenth”
In context — Exodus 16:36
Now the omer is one-tenth of the ephah .
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 16:36, so the Hebrew word עֲשִׂרִ֥ית (asirit) 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 Exod.16.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.36.W2.S1) and character.