2 Kings 13:1:112 Kgs.13.1.W11TAB
בֶּן־יֵה֤וּא
benyehu
“son of Jehu”
- Transliteration
- BEN-ye-HU
- Extended
- BEHN-yeh-HOO
- IPA
- /benjeːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Jehu
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BEN-ye-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM ve-sha-LOSH sha-NA le-yo-ASH BEN-a-khaz-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
Exegesis
The main clause is driven by malakh {מָ֠לַךְ | mālak} ‘became king,’ with yehoachaz ben-yehu {יְהוֹאָחָ֨ז בֶּן־יֵה֤וּא | yəhôʾāḥāz ben-yēhû} as the subject introduced after the verb, a common narrative pattern that highlights the accession event.
Root and etymology
ב־ן
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 13:1
In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 13:1, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־יֵה֤וּא (benyehu) 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 Kgs.13.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.1.W11.S1) and character.