Judges 20:21:9Judg.20.21.W9TAB

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים

veesrim

and twenty

Transliteration
ve-es-RIM
Extended
veh-ehs-RIHM
IPA
/vəʕɛsˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
and twenty

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Result
וְ + עֶשְׂ + רִ֥ים
ve + es + rim
veesrim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-es-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef

  3. clause

    va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa

Exegesis

The numeral phrase shnayim ve-esrim elef {שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶלֶף | shənayyim we‘esrīm ’eleph} ‘twenty-two thousand’ follows Hebrew unit + ten + thousand order.

In contextJudges 20:21

And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (veesrim) 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.20.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W9.S1) and character.