Judges 15:20:5Judg.15.20.W5TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
eserim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- e-se-RIM
- Extended
- eh-seh-RIHM
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.rɪˈiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- twenty
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL bi-ME pe-lish-TIM e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The compound esrim shanah {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה | ʿăśrīm šānāh} ‘twenty years’ combines a cardinal number and a noun to specify duration and highlight the length of Samson’s judgeship.
In context — Judges 15:20
He judged Israel for twenty years, in the days of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 15:20, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (eserim) 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 Judg.15.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.20.W5.S1) and character.