2 Chronicles 22:2:12 Chr.22.2.W1TAB
בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים
benarbaim
“a son of forty”
- Transliteration
- ben-ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- behn-ar-bah-EEM
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʔar.baːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of forty
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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-ar-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-ar-ba-IM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA
- clause
ben-ar-ba-IM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-khaz-ya-HU be-mal-KHO ve-sha-NA a-KHAT ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ben-ar-ba-IM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-khaz-ya-HU be-mal-KHO ve-sha-NA a-KHAT ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO a-tal-ya-HU bat-om-RI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the idiomatic age expression ben-arba'im u-shtayim {בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּיִם | bĕn-ʾarbaʿîm wə-šə-ṯá-yim} ‘son of forty and two’, where the numeral phrase precedes the noun shanah {שָׁנָה֙ | šā-nâh} ‘year’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-b
“four”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:2
Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began his reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah , granddaughter of Omri.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים (benarbaim) 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.22.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.2.W1.S1) and character.