2 Kings 17:1:22 Kgs.17.1.W2TAB
שְׁתֵּ֣ים
shetem
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-TEM
- Extended
- sheh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəˈteːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
she-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
she-TEM e-se-RE
- clause
bish-NAT she-TEM e-se-RE le-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-TEM e-se-RE le-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ve-sho-me-RON al-yis-ra-EL TE-sha sha-NIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal construct bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת֙ | bišnāt} shtayim esreh {שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה | šə-tê-yim ʿă-srē-hā} leakhaz {לְאָחָ֖ז | lə-ʾā-ḥāz} ‘in the twelfth year of Ahaz,’ where bishnat as a noun in the feminine singular construct state establishes the regnal dating formula.
In context — 2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began his reign in Samaria over Israel and ruled for nine years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּ֣ים (shetem) 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.17.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.1.W2.S1) and character.