Joshua 19:22:12Josh.19.22.W12TAB
שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
shesh esre
“sixteen”
- Transliteration
- shesh es-RE
- Extended
- SHESH es-REH
- IPA
- /ʃeʃ ʕesˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sixteen
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-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
u-pa-GA hag-GVUL be-ta-VOR u-sha-kha-TSU-ma ve-sha-kha-TSI-ma u-VEIT SHE-mesh ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT gevu-LAM hai-yar-DEN a-RIM shesh es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The final pair arim ve-chatzrei-hen {עָרִ֥ים ... וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | ʿā-rîm ... wə-ḥa-ṣrê-hen} “cities and their villages” is modified by the compound shesh-esre {שֵׁשׁ-עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | šeš-ʿeś-rê-ʾ} “sixteen.” English SVO order preserves the verse’s temporal progression and list structure while ensuring clarity.
In context — Joshua 19:22
And the boundary reached Tabor, Shahatzimah, and Beth Shemesh, and the outgoings of their boundary were at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities along with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 19:22, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (shesh esre) 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.19.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.22.W12.S1) and character.