2 Chronicles 24:15:62 Chr.24.15.W6TAB
בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה
benmea
“a son of one hundred”
- Transliteration
- ben-me-A
- Extended
- behn-meh-AAH
- IPA
- /bɛn.meːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of one hundred
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-me-A
- phraseyour reading level
ben-me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
- clause
ben-me-A u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA be-mo-TO
- sentence
va-yiz-KAN ye-ho-ya-DA va-yis-BA ya-MIM va-ya-MOT ben-me-A u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA be-mo-TO
Exegesis
The age expression ben-mēʾāh ūšəlōšı̂m šānâh {בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה | ben-mēʾāh ūšəlōšı̂m šānâh} is a construct chain expressing ‘son of one hundred and thirty years’, conforming to Hebrew numbering idiom and clarified as ‘130 years’.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:15
And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old at his death.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 24:15, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה (benmea) 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.24.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.15.W6.S1) and character.