אִמּ֔וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִמּ֔וֹ

   i-MO

   of his mother
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ

   ve-SHEM i-MO

   and name of his mother
3. clause🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יהועדין יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO ye-ho-a-DIN ye-ho-a-DAN min-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   and name of his mother Jehoaddin Jehoaddan from Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יהועדין יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן מִן־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   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

   a son of twenty and five year he was in his reigning and twenty and nine year he reigned in Jerusalem and name of his mother Jehoaddin Jehoaddan from Jerusalem

Exegesis

The construct ve-shem immo {וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ | wə-šēm ʾimmō} indicates ‘the name of his mother’. The use of ketiv yehoaddin followed by qere yehoaddan reflects orthographic tradition, pronounced via the Qere, affirming fidelity to the Masoretic reading.