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
Hebrew · H6242
עֶשְׂרִים
Twenty ; also (ordinal) twentieth
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עֶשְׂרִים H6242
Pronunciation ʿešĕriym
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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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
twenty 45× Genesis 18:31, Genesis 31:38, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 30:13
and twenty 16× Exodus 27:10, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
[There were] 24,000 12× 1 Chronicles 27:2, 1 Chronicles 27:4, 1 Chronicles 27:5, 1 Chronicles 27:7
[was] twenty 7× 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Kings 6:20, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Chronicles 3:11
twenty-five 6× 1 Kings 22:42, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Kings 18:2
and twenty-five 5× Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:25, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33
twenty-nine 5× Joshua 15:32, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 18:2, 2 Chronicles 25:1
20 4× Genesis 32:14, Genesis 32:15, Ezra 8:27
In the twentieth 4× 1 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:30, Nehemiah 1:1, Nehemiah 2:1
On the twenty-fourth 4× Nehemiah 9:1, Daniel 10:4, Haggai 1:15, Zechariah 1:7
twenty-two 4× Judges 10:3, 2 Samuel 8:5, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Chronicles 18:5
was twenty-five 4× 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Chronicles 25:1, 2 Chronicles 27:1, 2 Chronicles 36:5
with twenty 4× Exodus 27:10, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
20,000 {} 3× 2 Chronicles 2:10
for twenty 3× Genesis 31:41, Judges 4:3, Judges 15:20
In the twenty-seventh 3× 1 Kings 16:15, 2 Kings 15:1, Ezekiel 29:17
of the twenty 3× Genesis 18:31, 1 Kings 9:10, 2 Chronicles 8:1
the twenty 3× Exodus 26:19, Exodus 36:24, 1 Kings 6:16
was twenty-one 3× 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Jeremiah 52:1
[to be] twenty 2× Ezekiel 41:2, Ezekiel 41:4
[was] twenty-two 2× 1 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 8:26
[were] twenty-five 2× Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 40:30
of twenty 2× Numbers 3:47, 2 Kings 4:42
on the twenty-fifth 2× Nehemiah 6:15, Jeremiah 52:31
the twentieth 2× 1 Chronicles 24:16, 1 Chronicles 25:27
the twenty-fourth 2× Haggai 2:18, Haggai 2:20
those twenty 2× 1 Chronicles 23:24, 2 Chronicles 25:5
twenty [cubits] 2× 1 Kings 6:2, 2 Chronicles 3:4
twenty-four 2× 2 Samuel 21:20, 1 Kings 15:33
twenty-three 2× Judges 10:2, 1 Chronicles 2:22
was twenty 2× 2 Kings 16:2, 2 Chronicles 28:1
was twenty-two 2× 2 Kings 21:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21
“24,000 1× 1 Chronicles 23:4
[and] twenty 1× Ezekiel 41:4
[but] twenty 1× Haggai 2:16
[It was] twenty 1× Exodus 38:18
[make] twenty 1× Exodus 26:20
[Take a census of the men] twenty 1× Numbers 26:4
[the distance was] twenty-five 1× Ezekiel 40:13
[There were] twenty-two 1× Joshua 19:30
[was] twenty-eight 1× 2 Kings 10:36
[was] twenty-five 1× 2 Chronicles 29:1
20 men 1× Ezra 8:19
20,200 1× 1 Chronicles 7:9
20,800 1× 1 Chronicles 12:30
22,000 {} 1× 1 Kings 8:63
22,600 1× 1 Chronicles 7:2
25,000 {} 1× Judges 20:46
25,100 1× Judges 20:35
26,000 {} 1× Judges 20:15
28 1× Ezra 8:11
28,600 {} 1× 1 Chronicles 12:35
about twenty 1× 1 Samuel 14:14
and 20,000 {} 1× 2 Chronicles 2:10
and on the twentieth day 1× Ezra 10:9
and twenty [shekels] 1× Numbers 7:86
as well as 20,000 1× 1 Kings 5:11
By the twenty-third 1× 2 Kings 12:6
for towns in which to live 1× Ezekiel 45:5
for twenty [shekels] 1× Genesis 37:28
for twenty-one 1× Daniel 10:13
from his twentieth 1× Nehemiah 5:14
from twenty 1× Leviticus 27:3
In the twenty-fifth 1× Ezekiel 40:1
In the twenty-sixth 1× 1 Kings 16:8
In the twenty-third 1× 2 Kings 13:1
is twenty 1× Numbers 18:16
of 22,000 1× 2 Chronicles 7:5
of those twenty 1× Numbers 1:18
of twenty [ephahs of grain] 1× Haggai 2:16
of twenty-eight 1× 2 Chronicles 11:21
of twenty-two 1× 2 Chronicles 13:21
On the twentieth 1× Numbers 10:11
On the twenty-first day 1× Haggai 2:1
On the twenty-fourth day 1× Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-seventh [day] 1× 2 Kings 25:27
On the twenty-third 1× 2 Chronicles 7:10
or twenty 1× Numbers 11:19
plus twenty-five 1× Ezekiel 45:12
shall be twenty 1× Exodus 27:16
So in the twenty-seventh 1× 1 Kings 16:10
So twenty-two 1× Judges 7:3
the twenty [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 42:3
There were 22,034 1× 1 Chronicles 7:7
There were 24,000 men 1× 1 Chronicles 27:1
totaled twenty-four 1× Numbers 7:88
twenty years 1× Exodus 30:14
twenty-four in all 1× 1 Chronicles 20:6
twenty-seven 1× 1 Kings 20:30
was 26,000 1× 1 Chronicles 7:40
was twenty-three 1× 2 Kings 23:31
were about twenty-five 1× Ezekiel 8:16
who are twenty 1× Numbers 1:3
will consist of twenty 1× Ezekiel 45:12
with 20,000 1× 1 Kings 5:11
with 22 1× 1 Chronicles 12:28
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 6:3 וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 8:14 וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 11:24 וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 18:31 עֶשְׂרִ֑ים to twenty Number - common plural Genesis 18:31 הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים׃ to of the twenty Article | Number - common plural Genesis 23:1 וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 31:38 עֶשְׂרִ֨ים to twenty Number - common plural Genesis 31:41 עֶשְׂרִ֣ים to for twenty Number - common plural Genesis 32:14 עֶשְׂרִ֑ים to 20 Number - common plural Genesis 32:14 עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ to 20 Number - common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 6:3
Aligned rows 315
Books represented 21
Genesis 12 Exodus 23 Leviticus 4 Numbers 32 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 2 Judges 12 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 9 1 Kings 25 2 Kings 19 1 Chronicles 41 2 Chronicles 36 Ezra 20 Nehemiah 19 Esther 4 Jeremiah 5 Ezekiel 37 Daniel 2 Haggai 7 Zechariah 2
Source forms
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 77x ‘eś·rîm Exodus 30:14, Exodus 36:25, Leviticus 27:25, Numbers 1:18
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים 34x ‘eś·rîm Exodus 30:13, Exodus 38:26, Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים 29x ‘eś·rîm Genesis 31:41, Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:19, Exodus 27:16
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים 22x ‘eś·rîm Genesis 31:38, Judges 20:15, Judges 20:35, 1 Kings 6:16
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים 20x wə·‘eś·rîm Genesis 23:1, Judges 8:10, Judges 20:21, 2 Samuel 8:4
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ 17x wə·‘eś·rîm Exodus 26:2, Exodus 36:9, Exodus 38:24, Numbers 3:43
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים 15x wə·‘eś·rîm Genesis 6:3, Genesis 11:24, Numbers 3:39, Numbers 25:9
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים 11x ‘eś·rîm Genesis 32:15, Exodus 27:10, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural 203x Genesis 18:31, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 32:14
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural 94x Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 23:1
Preposition-b | Number - common plural 11x Genesis 37:28, Numbers 10:11, 2 Kings 25:27, Ezra 10:9
Article | Number - common plural 3x Genesis 18:31, 1 Chronicles 24:16, Ezekiel 42:3
Preposition-k | Number - common plural 2x 1 Samuel 14:14, Ezekiel 8:16
Number - masculine singular 1x 2 Samuel 10:6
Preposition-l | Number - common plural 1x 1 Chronicles 25:27
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. The number twenty marks completeness in measurement systems, appearing frequently in tabernacle and temple dimensions
Source Gloss
twenty ; also (ordinal) twentieth
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
The number twenty marks completeness in measurement systems, appearing frequently in tabernacle and temple dimensions
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth BDB: twenty Usage: (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
Grammatical Forms
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Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain