2 Kings 15:33:22 Kgs.15.33.W2TAB
וְחָמֵ֤שׁ
vekhamesh
“and five”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-MESH
- Extended
- veh-khaa-MEESH
- IPA
- /wəħaːˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-SHESH-e-sre sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-SHESH-e-sre sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO ye-ru-SHA bat-tsa-DOK
Exegesis
The idiom ben-ʿeśerîm wə-ḥāmeš šānāh hāyāh bəmalkô {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | ben-ʿeśerîm wə-ḥāmeš šānāh hāyāh bə-malkô} ‘he was twenty-five years in his reign’ uses the construct chain ben + numeral + šānāh to express age.
In context — 2 Kings 15:33
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 15:33, so the Hebrew word וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (vekhamesh) 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.15.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.33.W2.S1) and character.