2 Kings 16:2:52 Kgs.16.2.W5TAB
וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרִ֣ה
vesheshesri
“and six-teen”
- Transliteration
- ve-shesh-E-sri
- Extended
- veh-sheesh-eh-SRIH
- IPA
- /vəʃeːʃ.ʕɛsˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and six-teen
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shesh-E-sri
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shesh-E-sri 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
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 16:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרִ֣ה (vesheshesri) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W5.S1) and character.