Genesis 18:32:10Gen.18.32.W10TAB
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה
asara
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-sa-RA
- Extended
- ah-sah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕă.sa.ˈraː/
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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Word in context
- word
a-sa-RA
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM a-sa-RA
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM a-sa-RA va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-a-sa-RA
Exegesis
The numeral asarah {עֲשָׂרָה | ʿă-śā-rāh} “ten” stands as the climactic minimal number in the negotiation sequence.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ś-rayin–sin–resh
“ten, to be ten”
In context — Genesis 18:32
Then he said, “Please, let not Your anger burn, my Lord . Let me speak only this once . Perhaps ten will be found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:32, 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 Gen.18.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.32.W10.S1) and character.