2 Chronicles 21:5:12 Chr.21.5.W1TAB
בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים
bensheloshim
“a son of thirty”
- Transliteration
- ben-she-lo-SHIM
- Extended
- behn-sheh-loh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /bɛn.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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The word
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 sha-NA ye-ho-RAM be-mal-KHO
- sentence
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ye-ho-RAM be-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with ben {בֶּן־ | bĕn} ‘son-of/age-of’ combined with the compound numeral shloshim ushtayim {שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם | šə-lō-šîm wə-štay-îm} and the noun shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šā-nāh} to mark the king’s age at accession.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son, age”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:5
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he took the kingship, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:5, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (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.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.5.W1.S1) and character.