2 Chronicles 25:23:42 Chr.25.23.W4TAB

בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ

benyoash

son of Joash

Transliteration
BEN-yo-ASH
Extended
BEHN-yoh-AASH
IPA
/bɛn.joːˈʔaːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
son of Joash

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בֶּן + יוֹ + אָ֣שׁ
ben + yo + ash
benyoash

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    BEN-yo-ASH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ

  3. clause

    ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh

  4. sentence

    ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh va-ye-vi-E-HU ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mish-SHA-ar ef-ra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-po-NE ar-BA me-OT a-MA

Exegesis

The verse begins with ve’et {וְאֵת֩ | wə-’ēṯ} signaling the direct object in an OSV sequence, followed by amatsyahu {אֲמַצְיָהוּ | ʼă-maṣ-yā-hû} ‘Amaziah’ with the construct melekh-yehudah {מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה | mê-leḵ yə-hû-dāh} ‘king of Judah’, ben-yoash {בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ | ben yō-’āš} ‘son of Joash’, and ben-yehoachaz {בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז | ben yə-hō-’ā-ḥăz} ‘son of Jehoahaz’.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–nun

son

In context2 Chronicles 25:23

And Joash, king of Israel, seized Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he broke through the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate up to the Corner Gate , a span of four hundred cubits .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 25:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:23, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ (benyoash) 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.25.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.23.W4.S1) and character.