Numbers 33:39:3Num.33.39.W3TAB
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים
veesrim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-es-RIM
- Extended
- veh-es-REEM
- IPA
- /vəʔɛsˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-es-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-sha-LOSH ve-es-RIM
- clause
ve-a-ha-RON ben-sha-LOSH ve-es-RIM u-me-AT sha-NA
- sentence
ve-a-ha-RON ben-sha-LOSH ve-es-RIM u-me-AT sha-NA be-mo-TO be-HOR ha-HAR
Exegesis
The Hebrew age formula ben-shalosh ve-esrim u-me’at shanah {בֶּן־שָׁלֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה | ben-šā-lōš wə-ʿe-srîm ū-mə-ʾat šā-nāh} follows the pattern units + tens + hundreds to specify Aaron’s full lifespan.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-mem
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Numbers 33:39
And Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old at his death on Mount Hor .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 33:39, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים (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 Num.33.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.39.W3.S1) and character.