Genesis 14:14:11Gen.14.14.W11TAB
עָשָׂר֙
asar
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-SAR
- Extended
- ah-SAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NA a-SAR
- clause
va-YA-rek et-kha-ni-KHAV ye-li-DEI vei-TO she-mo-NA a-SAR u-she-LOSH me-OT va-yir-DOF ad-DAN
- sentence
va-yish-MA av-RAM KI nish-BA a-KHIV va-YA-rek et-kha-ni-KHAV ye-li-DEI vei-TO she-mo-NA a-SAR u-she-LOSH me-OT va-yir-DOF ad-DAN
Exegesis
The numerals appear in two units: shmoneh asar {שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר | šə-mō-nāh ʿā-śār} ‘eighteen’ and ushlosh meot {וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת | û-šə-lōš mē-ʾōṯ} ‘and three hundreds’, which together yield a total of 318 men.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“tenth part”
In context — Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he mustered his trained men , those born in his house, 318 in all, and he pursued as far as Dan.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 14:14, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂר֙ (asar) 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 Gen.14.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.14.W11.S1) and character.