וְשֵׁ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם

   ve-SHEM

   and the name of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ

   ve-SHEM i-MO

   and the name of his mother
3. clause🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְכָלְיָ֖הוּ מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO ye-khal-ya-HU mi-ru-sha-LIM

   and the name of his mother Jecoliah from Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־שֵׁ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְכָלְיָ֖הוּ מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ben-SHESH e-se-RE sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO ye-khal-ya-HU mi-ru-sha-LIM

   a son of six ten years he was when he began to reign and fifty and two years he reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother Jecoliah from Jerusalem

Exegesis

The clause v’shem immo {וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ | wə-šēm im-mō} ‘and the name of his mother’ introduces maternal lineage with the proper name Yekholyahu {יְכָלְיָהוּ֖ | yĕ-ḵā-lyā-hû} ‘Jekoliah’ and its origin mi-Yerushalayim {מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | mi-yǔ-ru-šǎ-lā-yim} ‘from Jerusalem’. This sequence—age, accession, reign duration with location, and parentage—follows the standard regnal summary pattern in the Deuteronomistic History, reinforcing dynastic continuity.