2 Kings 14:2:62 Kgs.14.2.W6TAB
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים
veesrim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-SRIM
- Extended
- veh-eh-SREEM
- IPA
- /wəʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-e-SRIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-SRIM va-TE-sha
- 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 cardinal sequence esrim va-tesha {עֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע | ʿeś-rîm wə-tē-šaʿ} ‘twenty-nine’ is followed by malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-laḵ}, marking rulership.
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 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (veesrim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.2.W6.S1) and character.