וָתֵ֖שַׁע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָתֵ֖שַׁע

   va-TE-sha

   and nine
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע

   es-RIM va-TE-sha

   twenty and nine
3. clause🔊 כָּל־עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

   kol-a-RIM es-RIM va-TE-sha ve-khats-RE-hen

   all the cities twenty and nine and their villages
4. sentence🔊 וּלְבָא֥וֹת וְשִׁלְחִ֖ים וְעַ֣יִן וְרִמּ֑וֹן כָּל־עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

   u-le-va-OT ve-shil-KHIM ve-AI-yin ve-rim-MON kol-a-RIM es-RIM va-TE-sha ve-khats-RE-hen

   and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon all the cities twenty and nine and their villages

Exegesis

This is followed by kol-ʿarim {כָּל־עָרִ֛ים | kol-ʿa-rîm} ‘all the towns’, then the numeral forms ʿeśerîm {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʿe-śer-îm} ‘twenty’ and wā-tēšaʿ {וָתֵ֖שַׁע | wā-tē-šaʿ} ‘and nine’, together denoting twenty-nine.

Root and etymology

t-š-ʿ🔊 ת־ש־עtav–shin–ʿayin

“nine, number nine”