2 Chronicles 33:21:12 Chr.33.21.W1TAB
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִֽים
benesrim
“a son of twenty”
- Transliteration
- ben-E-srim
- Extended
- behn-eh-SRIHM
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of twenty
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-E-srim
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-srim u-she-TA-yim
- clause
ben-E-srim u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO
- sentence
ben-E-srim u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
In this regnal notice the phrase ben esrim u-shteyim shanah {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִֽים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם שָׁנָ֖ה | ben-ʿeṣrîm ū-šə-ṯayīm šā-nāh} forms a construct chain specifying age as “son of twenty and two years.”
Root and etymology
ב־נ־ה
“son, descendant”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:21
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 33:21, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִֽים (benesrim) 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.33.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.21.W1.S1) and character.