וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת

   u-vish-NAT

   and in year of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים

   u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM

   and in year of twenty
3. clause🔊 וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL

   and in year of twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֥ךְ אָסָ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

   u-vish-NAT e-se-RIM le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

   and in year of twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel he reigned Asa king of Judah

Exegesis

The Hebrew dating expression u'vishnat {וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת | ū-vīš-nāt} 'in the year' combined with esrim {עֶשְׂרִים | ʾe-s̆er-īm} 'twenty' forms a construct chain indicating regnal synchronism.