בְמָלְכ֔וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְמָלְכ֔וֹ

   ve-mal-KHO

   when he became king
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ

   ha-YA ve-mal-KHO

   he was when he became king
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 prepositional phrase bemalko {בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | bə-mālkô} ‘in his reigning’ uses an infinitive construct with suffix to express the time of taking office (“when he began to reign”), and it is paired with the duration phrase ushmoneh shanim {וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים | û-šəmōnê šānîm} ‘eight years’.