Joshua 21:4:19Josh.21.4.W19TAB
עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃
esreh
“ten”
- Transliteration
- es-REH
- Extended
- es-REH
- IPA
- /ʕesˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
es-REH
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH es-REH
- clause
va-ye-HI liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI va-ye-HI liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
The numeric unit-plus-ten expression shelosh esre {שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה | šalōš ʿəśrē} ‘thirteen’ agrees with the feminine plural noun arim {עָרִים | ʿārîm} ‘cities’. In English, the coordinated list of tribes and the unified number are rendered for clarity while preserving the original sequence.
In context — Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the Kohathite families and fell to the sons of Aaron the priest among the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin, assigning thirteen cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:4:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Joshua 21:4, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ (esreh) 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.21.4.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.4.W19.S1) and character.