2 Kings 14:2:12 Kgs.14.2.W1TAB
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים
benesrim
“a son of twenty”
- Transliteration
- ben-e-SRIM
- Extended
- behn-eh-SREEM
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-e-SRIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-e-SRIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA
- clause
ben-e-SRIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-SRIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-e-SRIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-SRIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO ye-ho-a-DIN ye-ho-a-DAN min-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The Hebrew idiom ben esrim ve-chamesh shanah {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ | ben ʿeś-rîm wə-ḥā-mēš šā-nāh} ‘twenty-five years old’ introduces age.
Root and etymology
b-n
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 14:2
He was twenty-five years old when he ascended the throne, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin, of Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (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 Kgs.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.2.W1.S1) and character.