2 Kings 16:2:12 Kgs.16.2.W1TAB
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤ים
benesrim
“a son of twenty”
- Transliteration
- ben-E-srim
- Extended
- behn-eh-SRIHM
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of twenty
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ben-E-srim
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-srim sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun-numeral construct ben ʿeśrīm šānāh {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ | bĕn-ʿeś-rīm šā-nāh} ‘son of twenty years’, marking the accession age.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־ה
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (benesrim) 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.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W1.S1) and character.