2 Chronicles 16:1:32 Chr.16.1.W3TAB
וָשֵׁשׁ֙
vashesh
“and six”
- Transliteration
- va-SHESH
- Extended
- vaa-SHEHSH
- IPA
- /vaːˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with a dating formula: bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | bišnat} ‘in the year of’ governs the compound number sheloshim vashesh {שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ | šəlōšîm wāšēš} ‘thirty-six’, followed by the construct phrase lemalkhut asa {לְמַלְכ֣וּת אָסָ֔א | ləmalkût ʾāsāʾ} ‘of the reign of Asa’, which anchors the narrative in regnal time.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:1
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign , Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah , so that he would not permit anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word וָשֵׁשׁ֙ (vashesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.16.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.1.W3.S1) and character.