Judges 21:10:3Judg.21.10.W3TAB
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר
sheneimasahr
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- she-NEIM-a-SAHR
- Extended
- sheh-NEEM-ah-SAA R
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneːm.ʕaːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-NEIM-a-SAHR
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
Exegesis
The coordinated numeral šənê ʿāśār {שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר | šənê ʿāśār} ‘twelve’ and ʾelep̄ {אֶלֶף | ʾelep̄} ‘thousand’ men, governed by mibbənê heḥāyil {מִבְּנֵי הֶחָיִל | mibbənê ḥēḥāyil} ‘from the sons of valor’, highlights their military status.
In context — Judges 21:10
So the assembly sent twelve thousand men from the sons of valor, and they commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead by the edge of the sword, including the women and the little ones .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:10, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר (sheneimasahr) 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.21.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.10.W3.S1) and character.