בְּ/עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
𐤁/𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌
ʻesrîym
on the twentieth
The cardinal number 'twenty'; designates a set, group, or sum of twenty items, persons, or units. In the ordinal form, it means 'twentieth,' referring to position in a sequence. Used to indicate age, measurements, quantities, or groupings.
Haggai 2:1 · Word #2
Lexicon H6242
| Lemma | עֶשְׂרִים |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 |
| Transliteration | ʻesrîym |
| Strong's | H6242 |
| Definition | The cardinal number 'twenty'; designates a set, group, or sum of twenty items, persons, or units. In the ordinal form, it means 'twentieth,' referring to position in a sequence. Used to indicate age, measurements, quantities, or groupings. |
Morphology HR/Acbpa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | A — Adjective — Describes a noun |
| Subtype | c — Cardinal Number — Cardinal number |
| Gender | b — Both — Both (masculine and feminine) |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | on the twentieth |
SIBI-P1 Translation H6242-01
in twenty
| Morphological Notes | Preposition בְּ + cardinal number adjective, plural, absolute; gender common. |
| Rendering Rationale | The base form עֶשְׂרִים denotes the cardinal number "twenty," derived from the root meaning "to be ten" (two tens). The prefixed בְּ adds the prepositional sense "in/at/with," here rendered simply as "in" to preserve the morphology without contextual expansion. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
in the twentieth
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Numerically, this is the ordinal 'twentieth' (day) in the context of dates, not 'twenty', so P1 was insufficiently specific; corrected to the ordinal as per the common use and context. |