בִּשְׁנַ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֣ת

   bi-she-NAT

   in the year of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים

   bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM

   in the year of twenty
3. clause🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיוֹתָ֖ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּֽה׃

   bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM le-yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA

   in the year of twenty to Jotham son of Uzziah
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְשָׁר־קֶ֜שֶׁר הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֗ה עַל־פֶּ֙קַח֙ בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֔הוּ וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּ֑יו בִּשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיוֹתָ֖ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּֽה׃

   va-yik-SHAR-KE-sher ho-SHE-a ben-E-la al-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu va-ya-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-KHTAIV bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM le-yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA

   and he conspired a conspiracy Hoshea son of Elah against Pekah son of Remaliahu and he struck him and he put him to death and he reigned in his place in the year of twenty to Jotham son of Uzziah

Exegesis

Finally, the temporal clause bishnat ʿeśrîm {בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים | bišnāt ʿeśrîm} linked to ləyōṯām {לְיוֹתָם | ləyōṯām} situates the event within the established regnal framework of Kings.