2 Kings 15:2:62 Kgs.15.2.W6TAB
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים
vakhamishim
“and fifty”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- vah-khah-mih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /va.ħă.miʃˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fifty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
va-kha-mi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-mi-SHIM u-she-TA-yim
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The duration is given by va-chamishim u-shtayim {וַחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם | va-ḥǎ-mish-īm u-šə-tā-yim} ‘fifty and two’, following the Hebrew tens-units ordering.
In context — 2 Kings 15:2
He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jekoliah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:2, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים (vakhamishim) 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.15.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.2.W6.S1) and character.