בִּשְׁנַ֛ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֛ת

   bi-she-NAT

   in the year of
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֕מָת בִּשְׁנַ֛ת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַחַ֖ת לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃

   va-ya-MAT bi-she-NAT ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT le-mal-KHO

   and he died in the year of forty and one of his reigning or of his kingship
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אָסָ֖א עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיָּ֕מָת בִּשְׁנַ֛ת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַחַ֖ת לְמָלְכֽוֹ׃

   va-yish-KAV a-SA IM-a-vo-TAIV va-ya-MAT bi-she-NAT ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT le-mal-KHO

   and he lay down or slept Asa with his fathers and he died in the year of forty and one of his reigning or of his kingship

Exegesis

The temporal clause bishnat arbaʿim veachat le-malko {בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת לְמַלְכוֹ | bišnaṯ arbāʿīm wə-ḥaṯ lə-malkō} uses a preposition-construct-numeral chain for regnal dating. The English renderings preserve this sequence by maintaining burial, death, and precise regnal timing in order.