Numbers 1:3:2Num.1.3.W2TAB
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים
esrim
“twenty”
- Transliteration
- es-RIM
- Extended
- ehs-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛsˈrim/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
es-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NAH
- clause
mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NAH u-ma-LAH kol-yo-TSE tsa-VA be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NAH u-ma-LAH kol-yo-TSE tsa-VA be-yis-ra-EL tif-ke-DU o-TAM le-tsiv-o-TAM a-TA ve-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The numeric expression esrim shanah {עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה | e-srim sha-nah} “twenty years” functions as the quantified age complement, modified by the conjunctive phrase va-maalah {וָמַעְלָה | va-ma-‘a-lah} “and upward” to expand the temporal scope.
Root and etymology
ע־ש־ר
“ten”
In context — Numbers 1:3
From the age of twenty years and upward, all who go forth to war in Israel are to be mustered by you and Aaron according to their armies .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 1:3, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (esrim) 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 Num.1.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.3.W2.S1) and character.