2 Chronicles 21:20:12 Chr.21.20.W1TAB
בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים
bensheloshim
“a son of thirty”
- Transliteration
- ben-she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- behn-sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ben.ʃăloːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of thirty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-she-lo-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim
- clause
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim ha-YA ve-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim ha-YA ve-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ye-LEKH be-LO khem-DA va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with an age formula, ben-sheloshim ushtayim {בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ | ben-šəlōšîm û-štāyim} ‘son of thirty and two’, followed by hayah {הָיָ֣ה | hāyâ} ‘he was’, forming a nominal-style introduction that foregrounds the king’s accession age.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son, age”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:20
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He left this life without being desired , and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (bensheloshim) 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.21.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.20.W1.S1) and character.