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עֶשְׂרִים

Twenty ; also (ordinal) twentieth

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עֶשְׂרִיםH6242
Pronunciationʿešĕriym

What does עֶשְׂרִים (ʿešĕriym) mean in the Bible?

עֶשְׂרִים (ʿešĕriym): The number twenty marks completeness in measurement systems, appearing frequently in tabernacle and temple dimensions

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Questions this entry answers

What does עֶשְׂרִים (ʿešĕriym) mean in the Bible?

עֶשְׂרִים (ʿešĕriym): The number twenty marks completeness in measurement systems, appearing frequently in tabernacle and temple dimensions

How does the BSB render H6242?

The BSB source-word alignment has 315 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (85), twenty (45), and twenty (16), [There were] 24,000 (12), [was] twenty (7).

Where does עֶשְׂרִים (ʿešĕriym) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 6:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Chronicles (41), Ezekiel (37), 2 Chronicles (36), Numbers (32).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
. . .85×Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 23:1
twenty45×Genesis 18:31, Genesis 31:38, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 30:13
and twenty16×Exodus 27:10, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
[There were] 24,00012×1 Chronicles 27:2, 1 Chronicles 27:4, 1 Chronicles 27:5, 1 Chronicles 27:7
[was] twenty7×1 Kings 6:3, 1 Kings 6:20, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Chronicles 3:11
twenty-five6×1 Kings 22:42, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Kings 18:2
and twenty-five5×Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:25, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33
twenty-nine5×Joshua 15:32, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 18:2, 2 Chronicles 25:1
204×Genesis 32:14, Genesis 32:15, Ezra 8:27
In the twentieth4×1 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:30, Nehemiah 1:1, Nehemiah 2:1
On the twenty-fourth4×Nehemiah 9:1, Daniel 10:4, Haggai 1:15, Zechariah 1:7
twenty-two4×Judges 10:3, 2 Samuel 8:5, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Chronicles 18:5
was twenty-five4×2 Kings 23:36, 2 Chronicles 25:1, 2 Chronicles 27:1, 2 Chronicles 36:5
with twenty4×Exodus 27:10, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
20,000 {}3×2 Chronicles 2:10
for twenty3×Genesis 31:41, Judges 4:3, Judges 15:20
In the twenty-seventh3×1 Kings 16:15, 2 Kings 15:1, Ezekiel 29:17
of the twenty3×Genesis 18:31, 1 Kings 9:10, 2 Chronicles 8:1
the twenty3×Exodus 26:19, Exodus 36:24, 1 Kings 6:16
was twenty-one3×2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Jeremiah 52:1
[to be] twenty2×Ezekiel 41:2, Ezekiel 41:4
[was] twenty-two2×1 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 8:26
[were] twenty-five2×Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 40:30
of twenty2×Numbers 3:47, 2 Kings 4:42
on the twenty-fifth2×Nehemiah 6:15, Jeremiah 52:31
the twentieth2×1 Chronicles 24:16, 1 Chronicles 25:27
the twenty-fourth2×Haggai 2:18, Haggai 2:20
those twenty2×1 Chronicles 23:24, 2 Chronicles 25:5
twenty [cubits]2×1 Kings 6:2, 2 Chronicles 3:4
twenty-four2×2 Samuel 21:20, 1 Kings 15:33
twenty-three2×Judges 10:2, 1 Chronicles 2:22
was twenty2×2 Kings 16:2, 2 Chronicles 28:1
was twenty-two2×2 Kings 21:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21
“24,0001×1 Chronicles 23:4
[and] twenty1×Ezekiel 41:4
[but] twenty1×Haggai 2:16
[It was] twenty1×Exodus 38:18
[make] twenty1×Exodus 26:20
[Take a census of the men] twenty1×Numbers 26:4
[the distance was] twenty-five1×Ezekiel 40:13
[There were] twenty-two1×Joshua 19:30
[was] twenty-eight1×2 Kings 10:36
[was] twenty-five1×2 Chronicles 29:1
20 men1×Ezra 8:19
20,2001×1 Chronicles 7:9
20,8001×1 Chronicles 12:30
22,000 {}1×1 Kings 8:63
22,6001×1 Chronicles 7:2
25,000 {}1×Judges 20:46
25,1001×Judges 20:35
26,000 {}1×Judges 20:15
281×Ezra 8:11
28,600 {}1×1 Chronicles 12:35
about twenty1×1 Samuel 14:14
and 20,000 {}1×2 Chronicles 2:10
and on the twentieth day1×Ezra 10:9
and twenty [shekels]1×Numbers 7:86
as well as 20,0001×1 Kings 5:11
By the twenty-third1×2 Kings 12:6
for towns in which to live1×Ezekiel 45:5
for twenty [shekels]1×Genesis 37:28
for twenty-one1×Daniel 10:13
from his twentieth1×Nehemiah 5:14
from twenty1×Leviticus 27:3
In the twenty-fifth1×Ezekiel 40:1
In the twenty-sixth1×1 Kings 16:8
In the twenty-third1×2 Kings 13:1
is twenty1×Numbers 18:16
of 22,0001×2 Chronicles 7:5
of those twenty1×Numbers 1:18
of twenty [ephahs of grain]1×Haggai 2:16
of twenty-eight1×2 Chronicles 11:21
of twenty-two1×2 Chronicles 13:21
On the twentieth1×Numbers 10:11
On the twenty-first day1×Haggai 2:1
On the twenty-fourth day1×Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-seventh [day]1×2 Kings 25:27
On the twenty-third1×2 Chronicles 7:10
or twenty1×Numbers 11:19
plus twenty-five1×Ezekiel 45:12
shall be twenty1×Exodus 27:16
So in the twenty-seventh1×1 Kings 16:10
So twenty-two1×Judges 7:3
the twenty [cubits]1×Ezekiel 42:3
There were 22,0341×1 Chronicles 7:7
There were 24,000 men1×1 Chronicles 27:1
totaled twenty-four1×Numbers 7:88
twenty years1×Exodus 30:14
twenty-four in all1×1 Chronicles 20:6
twenty-seven1×1 Kings 20:30
was 26,0001×1 Chronicles 7:40
was twenty-three1×2 Kings 23:31
were about twenty-five1×Ezekiel 8:16
who are twenty1×Numbers 1:3
will consist of twenty1×Ezekiel 45:12
with 20,0001×1 Kings 5:11
with 221×1 Chronicles 12:28
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 6:3וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 8:14וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 11:24וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 18:31עֶשְׂרִ֑יםtotwentyNumber - common pluralGenesis 18:31הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים׃toof the twentyArticle | Number - common pluralGenesis 23:1וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 31:38עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtotwentyNumber - common pluralGenesis 31:41עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtofor twentyNumber - common pluralGenesis 32:14עֶשְׂרִ֑יםto20Number - common pluralGenesis 32:14עֶשְׂרִֽים׃to20Number - common plural
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 6:3
Aligned rows315
Books represented21
Genesis12Exodus23Leviticus4Numbers32Deuteronomy2Joshua2Judges121 Samuel22 Samuel91 Kings252 Kings191 Chronicles412 Chronicles36Ezra20Nehemiah19Esther4Jeremiah5Ezekiel37Daniel2Haggai7Zechariah2
Source forms
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים77x‘eś·rîmExodus 30:14, Exodus 36:25, Leviticus 27:25, Numbers 1:18
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים34x‘eś·rîmExodus 30:13, Exodus 38:26, Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים29x‘eś·rîmGenesis 31:41, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:19, Exodus 27:16
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים22x‘eś·rîmGenesis 31:38, Judges 20:15, Judges 20:35, 1 Kings 6:16
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים20xwə·‘eś·rîmGenesis 23:1, Judges 8:10, Judges 20:21, 2 Samuel 8:4
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙17xwə·‘eś·rîmExodus 26:2, Exodus 36:9, Exodus 38:24, Numbers 3:43
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים15xwə·‘eś·rîmGenesis 6:3, Genesis 11:24, Numbers 3:39, Numbers 25:9
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים11x‘eś·rîmGenesis 32:15, Exodus 27:10, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural203xGenesis 18:31, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 32:14
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural94xGenesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 23:1
Preposition-b | Number - common plural11xGenesis 37:28, Numbers 10:11, 2 Kings 25:27, Ezra 10:9
Article | Number - common plural3xGenesis 18:31, 1 Chronicles 24:16, Ezekiel 42:3
Preposition-k | Number - common plural2x1 Samuel 14:14, Ezekiel 8:16
Number - masculine singular1x2 Samuel 10:6
Preposition-l | Number - common plural1x1 Chronicles 25:27
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