Joshua 21:5:12Josh.21.5.W12TAB
עָֽשֶׂר׃
aser
“ten”
- Transliteration
- a-SER
- Extended
- ah-SEHR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
a-SER
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM a-SER
- sentence
ve-li-vnei ke-HAT ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TE-E-fra-YIM u-mi-mat-TE-DAN u-me-kha-TZI mat-TE me-na-SHE ba-go-RAL a-RIM a-SER
Exegesis
The noun-numeral phrase arim aser {עָרִים עָשֶׂר | ʿā-rîm ʿā-šer} ‘ten cities’ uses a qualifier structure. Hebrew word order places the recipient first, then the allotment, underscoring the recipients’ focus. English rendering preserves the distributive dative and the allotment mechanism.
In context — Joshua 21:5
And to the sons of Kohath, the remaining ones , by lot ten cities were allotted from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from half the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 21:5, so the Hebrew word עָֽשֶׂר׃ (aser) 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.21.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.5.W12.S1) and character.