וְשֵׁ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם

   ve-SHEM

   and the name of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ

   ve-SHEM i-MO

   and the name of his mother
3. clause🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יכיליה יְכָלְיָ֖ה מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO ye-khi-li-YA ye-khal-YA min-ye-ru-sha-LIM

   and the name of his mother Jecoliah Jecoliah from Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ עֻזִיָ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יכיליה יְכָלְיָ֖ה מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   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

   a son of six ten years Uzziah in his reigning and fifty and two years he reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother Jecoliah Jecoliah from Jerusalem

Exegesis

The clause ve-shem {וְשֵׁ֣ם | wə-šēm} introduces a dynastic identification formula naming the king’s mother, and the final phrase min-yerushalayim {מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | min-yĕrûšālāyim} adds her place of origin. The presence of two written forms for the mother’s name (yekhilyah / yekholyah) is treated as an alternate spelling reflected in English by presenting both forms together.