| 13. Audio Guide vah-yit-khah-ZEHk{וַיִּתְחַזֵּק and he strengthened himself or became strong} hah-MEH-lehkh{הַמֶּלֶךְ the king} reh-khav-AAm{רְחַבְעָם Rehoboam} bih-roo-shah-LA-yihm{בִּירוּשָׁלִַם in Jerusalem} vah-yihm-LOHkh{וַיִּמְלֹךְ and he reigned} KEE{כִּי for or indeed} behn-ar-bah-EEM{בֶן־אַרְבָּעִים a son of forty} veh-ah-KHAt{וְאַחַת and one (feminine)} shah-NAA{שָׁנָה year} reh-khav-AAm{רְחַבְעָם Rehoboam} beh-mahl-KHOH{בְּמָלְכוֹ in his reigning or when he began to reign} oo-sheh-VAh{וּשֲׁבַע and seven} eh-seh-REE{עֶשְׂרֵה ten (in the teens)} shah-NAA{שָׁנָה year} maa-LAkh{מָלַךְ he reigned} bih-roo-shah-LA-yihm{בִּירוּשָׁלִַם in Jerusalem} haa-EER{הָעִיר the city} ah-shehr-bah-KHAHr{אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַר which he chose} yah-WEH{יְהוָה the LORD} laa-SOOM{לָשׂוּם to put} eht-sheh-MOH{אֶת־שְׁמוֹ his name (direct object marker with)} SHAAm{שָׁם there} mih-KOHL{מִכֹּל from all} shiv-TEE{שִׁבְטֵי tribes of} yihs-rah-EEL{יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel} veh-SHEEM{וְשֵׁם and the name of} ihm-MOH{אִמּוֹ his mother} nah-ah-MAA{נַעֲמָה Naamah} haa-ah-moh-NEET{הָעַמֹּנִית the Ammonitess} |