2 Kings 15:32:92 Kgs.15.32.W9TAB
בֶּן־עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ
benuziyahu
“son of Uzziahu”
- Transliteration
- ben-u-zi-YA-hu
- Extended
- behn-uh-zih-YAA-hu
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʕu.ziːˈjaːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Uzziahu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-u-zi-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu
- clause
ma-LAKH yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-TA-yim le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Parallel construct chains ben-Uziyahu {בֶּן־עֻזִיָּהוּ | ben-ʿu-zi-yā-hu} ‘son of Uzziah’ + melech {מֶלֶךְ | meleḵ} ‘king’ + Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | yəhū-dāh} identify the new monarch. The English translation preserves the chronological linkage by placing the synchronistic clause in apposition and retaining the Hebrew order of the kings’ names and titles.
Root and etymology
b-n
“son, descendant”
In context — 2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 15:32, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ (benuziyahu) 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.15.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.32.W9.S1) and character.