וְחָמֵ֖שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְחָמֵ֖שׁ

   ve-kha-MESH

   and five
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ

   she-NAT-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH

   year of thirty and five
3. clause🔊 עַ֛ד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃

   AD she-NAT-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA

   until year of thirty and five to the reign of Asa
4. sentence🔊 וּמִלְחָמָ֖ה לֹ֣א הָיָ֑תָה עַ֛ד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃

   u-mil-kha-MA LO ha-ye-TA AD she-NAT-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA

   and war not there was until year of thirty and five to the reign of Asa

Exegesis

That endpoint is expressed through the construct shnat-sheloshim {שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁים | šə-naṯ-šə-lō-šîm} plus vechamesh {וְחָמֵשׁ | wə-ḥā-mēš}, where Hebrew states tens before ones (“thirty and five”), naturally rendered in English as an ordinal (“thirty-fifth”).