Joshua 21:7:11Josh.21.7.W11TAB
עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃
esre
“ten {making twelve}”
- Transliteration
- es-RE
- Extended
- ehs-REH
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten {making twelve}
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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The word
Word in context
- word
es-RE
- phraseyour reading level
shteim es-RE
- sentence
li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM mi-ma-TE re-u-VEN u-mi-ma-TE-GAD u-mi-ma-TE ze-vu-LUN a-RIM shteim es-RE
Exegesis
Finally, the nominal expression arim {עָרִים | ‘ārîm} ‘cities’ with the numeral phrase shtayim esreh {שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה | šᵉttêym ʿeśrê} ‘twelve’ follows Hebrew numerical construct rules. The clause remains nominal with the verb ‘were given’ implied, reflecting typical allocation syntax in the Deuteronomistic history.
In context — Joshua 21:7
To the sons of Merari according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities were given.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 21:7, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ (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.21.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.7.W11.S1) and character.