וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙

   u-she-TA-yim

   and two
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙

   ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim

   a son of thirty and two
3. clause🔊 בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   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

   a son of thirty and two he was when he became king and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּלֹ֣א חֶמְדָּ֔ה וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וְלֹ֖א בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃

   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

   a son of thirty and two he was when he became king and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem and he went with no or without desire or delight and they buried him in the city of David and not in the graves of the kings

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.