עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת

   a-se-RET

   ten {of}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֙סֶף֙

   a-se-RET KE-sef

   ten {of} silver
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣ה עִמָּדִ֗י וֶֽהְיֵה־לִי֮ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵן֒ וְאָנֹכִ֨י אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֜ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לַיָּמִ֔ים וְעֵ֥רֶךְ בְּגָדִ֖ים וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ

   va-yo-MER LO mi-KHA she-VA i-ma-DI ve-he-YE-li le-AV u-le-kho-HEN ve-a-no-KHI e-TEN-le-KHA a-se-RET KE-sef la-ya-MIM ve-E-rekh be-ga-DIM u-mikh-ya-TE-kha

   and he said to him Micah stay with me and be to me as a father and as a priest and I will give to you ten {of} silver for the days {yearly} and a set or valuation clothes and your living or your sustenance
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣ה עִמָּדִ֗י וֶֽהְיֵה־לִי֮ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵן֒ וְאָנֹכִ֨י אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֜ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לַיָּמִ֔ים וְעֵ֥רֶךְ בְּגָדִ֖ים וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ הַלֵּוִֽי׃

   va-yo-MER LO mi-KHA she-VA i-ma-DI ve-he-YE-li le-AV u-le-kho-HEN ve-a-no-KHI e-TEN-le-KHA a-se-RET KE-sef la-ya-MIM ve-E-rekh be-ga-DIM u-mikh-ya-TE-kha va-YE-lekh ha-le-VI

   and he said to him Micah stay with me and be to me as a father and as a priest and I will give to you ten {of} silver for the days {yearly} and a set or valuation clothes and your living or your sustenance and he went the Levite

Exegesis

The transactional clause ettenlekha {אֶתֶּן־לְךָ | ʾet-ten-lə-ḵā} ‘I will give you’ is followed by the idiomatic numeral phrase aseret keseph layamim {עֲשֶׂרת כֶּסֶף לַיָּמִים | ʿă-se-ret ke-se-ph la-yā-mîm} ‘ten pieces of silver each year’.