Joshua 19:15:7Josh.19.15.W7TAB
שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
shteimesreh
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- shteim-es-REH
- Extended
- shteem-es-REH
- IPA
- /ʃteːm.ʔɛsˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
shteim-es-REH
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM shteim-es-REH
- clause
a-RIM shteim-es-REH ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ve-ka-TAT ve-na-ha-LAL ve-shim-RON ve-yid-a-LAH u-VEIT LA-khem a-RIM shteim-es-REH ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The noun arim {עָרִים | ʿā-rîm} ‘cities’ is modified by the cardinal numeral shteim-esreh {שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה | šə-tēm-ʿeṣ-rē} ‘twelve’, agreeing in feminine form.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea”
In context — Joshua 19:15
Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem —twelve cities with their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:15, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (shteimesreh) 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.19.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.15.W7.S1) and character.