Genesis 8:14:4Gen.8.14.W4TAB
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים
veesrim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-es-RIM
- Extended
- veh-ehs-REEM
- IPA
- /və.ʕɛs.ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
ve-es-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM
- clause
u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh
- sentence
u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh yav-SHA ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The specific date be-shivʿah ve-esrim yom {בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים י֖וֹם | bə-šiḇ-ʿā(h) wə-ʿeś-rîm yôm} ‘on the twenty-seventh day’ follows the Hebrew units-before-tens numeral order, and la-khodesh {לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | la-ḥō-ḏeš} ‘of the month’ serves as a genitive complement.
In context — Genesis 8:14
Then, in the second month , on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had become dry.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 8:14, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים (veesrim) 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.8.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.14.W4.S1) and character.