וָשֶׁ֜בַע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָשֶׁ֜בַע

   va-SHE-va

   and seven
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע

   bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va

   in {the} year of twenty and seven
3. clause🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֥ךְ זִמְרִ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּתִרְצָ֑ה

   bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA

   in {the} year of twenty and seven year to Asa or of Asa king of Judah reigned Zimri seven {of} days in Tirzah
4. sentence🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֥ךְ זִמְרִ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּתִרְצָ֑ה וְהָעָ֣ם חֹנִ֔ים עַֽל־גִּבְּת֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA ve-ha-AM kho-NIM al-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM

   in {the} year of twenty and seven year to Asa or of Asa king of Judah reigned Zimri seven {of} days in Tirzah and the people encamping against Gibbethon which to the Philistines or belonging to the Philistines

Exegesis

The temporal construct bishnat esrim vasheva shanah {בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה | bišnát ʿeṣrîm wa-šeḇaʿ šānāh} ‘in the twenty-seventh year’ employs a stacked cardinal numeral for precise regnal dating.