2 Chronicles 26:3:12 Chr.26.3.W1TAB
בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ
benshesh
“a son of six”
- Transliteration
- ben-SHESH
- Extended
- behn-SHEHSH
- IPA
- /bɛnˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of six
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
ben-SHESH e-se-RE sha-NA
- clause
ben-SHESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-zi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-SHESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-zi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO ye-khi-li-YA ye-khal-YA min-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Hebrew age-at-accession idiom ben-shesh {בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ | ben-šēš} joined to esre {עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | ʿeśrê}, yielding “sixteen,” followed by shanah {שָׁנָה֙ | šānāh} to specify the unit “years.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 26:3
Uzziah was sixteen years old when his reign began, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years . His mother’s name was Yekhilyah, Jekoliah , from Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 26:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 26:3, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ (benshesh) 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.26.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.3.W1.S1) and character.