מָאתַ֥יִם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מָאתַ֥יִם

   ma-A-ta-yim

   two hundred
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מָאתַ֥יִם וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים

   ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM

   two hundred and eighty
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי־לְאָסָ֗א חַ֖יִל נֹשֵׂ֣א צִנָּ֣ה וָרֹ֣מַח֒ מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אֶ֣לֶף וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן נֹשְׂאֵ֤י מָגֵן֙ וְדֹ֣רְכֵי קֶ֔שֶׁת מָאתַ֥יִם וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים אָ֥לֶף כֻּֽל־אֵ֖לֶּה גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חָ֑יִל׃

   va-ye-HI-le-A-sa KHA-yil no-SE tsin-NA va-RO-makh mi-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef u-mi-bin-ya-MIN nos-SE ma-GEN ve-dor-KHE KE-shet ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef kul-E-le gib-bo-RE KHA-yil

   and there was to Asa or and Asa had an army or force bearing or carrying a large shield and a spear from Judah three hundreds thousand and from Benjamin bearers of or carrying {plural construct} a shield and drawing or bending {construct plural} a bow two hundred and eighty thousand all these mighty men of {construct} valor or strength

Exegesis

The multiplicative numerals šālôš mēʾōṯ ʾelep̄ {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף | šā-lôš mē-ʾōṯ ʾe-lep̄} and māṭāyim ūšəmōnîm ʾelep̄ {מָאתַיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | mā-ṭā-yim ū-šə-mō-nîm ʾe-lep̄} reflect Hebrew’s hundred-by-thousand system. Participial pairs nōsəʾē + māgēn and ve-dōrḵê + qešeṯ are rendered as “shield bearers” and “bow wielders.”