2 Kings 15:27:32 Kgs.15.27.W3TAB
וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙
ushetayim
“and two”
- Transliteration
- u-she-TA-yim
- Extended
- oo-sheh-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /uʃ.tˁaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-she-TA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim
- clause
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal formula bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | bə-šə-nāṯ} ‘in the year of’ followed by the numeral phrase chamishim ushtayim {חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם | ḥă-mî-šîm u-šə-ṭay-yim} ‘fifty and two,’ which functions as the ordinal “fifty-second,” reflecting the regnal dating idiom in Kings.
In context — 2 Kings 15:27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ (ushetayim) 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.15.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.27.W3.S1) and character.