Leviticus 24:5:6Lev.24.5.W6TAB
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה
esreh
“ten”
- Transliteration
- es-REH
- Extended
- ehs-REH
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten
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-REH
- phraseyour reading level
SHTEEM es-REH
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH-TA SO-LET veh-ah-fee-TA oh-TAHh SHTEEM es-REH KHAH-LOT
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH-TA SO-LET veh-ah-fee-TA oh-TAHh SHTEEM es-REH KHAH-LOT SHNEE es-roh-NEEM YIH-YEH ha-kha-LAH ha-eh-KHAT
Exegesis
The compound numeral shtayim esreh khallot {שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה חַלּ֑וֹת | šĕ-tā-yim ʿe-śrē ḥal-lōt} ‘twelve loaves’ combines a feminine dual “two” with “ten” in construct agreement before the noun.
In context — Leviticus 24:5
You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; two-tenths shall be for each loaf .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:5, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה (esreh) 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 Lev.24.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.5.W6.S1) and character.