Numbers 15:9:6Num.15.9.W6TAB
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֑ים
esroneem
“tenths”
- Transliteration
- es-ro-NEEM
- Extended
- es-roh-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʕɛs.roˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- tenths
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
es-ro-NEEM
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM
- clause
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM
- sentence
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM ba-LOOL ba-SHE-men kha-TSEE ha-HEEN
Exegesis
The construct chain minchah solet sheloshah esronim {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים | min-ḥā so-leṯ šə-lô-šā ʿe-sro-nîm} ‘grain offering of fine flour, three tenths’ conveys a precise fractional measure.
Root and etymology
ʿ-s-rayin-shin-resh
“to count”
In context — Numbers 15:9
And he shall bring with the bull a grain offering of fine flour—three tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, half a hin.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:9, so the Hebrew word עֶשְׂרֹנִ֑ים (esroneem) 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.15.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.9.W6.S1) and character.