2 Kings 15:13:122 Kgs.15.13.W12TAB
יֶֽרַח־יָמִ֖ים
yerakhyamim
“a month of days”
- Transliteration
- YE-rakh-ya-MIM
- Extended
- YEH-rakh-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ˈjɛ.raħ.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a month of days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
YE-rakh-ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM
- clause
va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
sha-LUM ben-ya-VESH ma-LAKH bish-ne-AT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA le-u-zi-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The duration is compressed into the idiom yerakh-yamim {יֶֽרַח־יָמִ֖ים | yēraḥ-yāmîm} ‘month of days,’ emphasizing how short the reign was, and the closing locative be-Shomron {בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ | bəšōmrôn} ‘in Samaria’ specifies the political center from which he ruled.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–resh–chet
“month, moon”
In context — 2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah, and he reigned a month in Samaria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word יֶֽרַח־יָמִ֖ים (yerakhyamim) 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.15.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.13.W12.S1) and character.