Joshua 15:41:6Josh.15.41.W6TAB
שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
sheshesre
“sixteen”
- Transliteration
- shesh-ES-re
- Extended
- shesh-ehs-REH
- IPA
- /ʃeʃ.ʕɛsˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sixteen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shesh-ES-re
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM shesh-ES-re
- clause
a-RIM shesh-ES-re ve-hats-re-HEN
- sentence
u-ge-DE-rot BEIT-da-GON ve-na-a-MA u-ma-ke-DA a-RIM shesh-ES-re ve-hats-re-HEN
Exegesis
After the name series, the construction arim shesh-esre {עָרִ֥ים שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʿārîm šēš-ʿeśrēh} ‘cities, sixteen’ functions as a summarizing count for the listed sites, with the numeral following the noun in a compact register typical of administrative enumeration.
In context — Joshua 15:41
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 15:41, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (sheshesre) 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 Josh.15.41.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.41.W6.S1) and character.