2 Kings 18:2:62 Kgs.18.2.W6TAB
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים
veeserim
“and twenty”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-se-RIM
- Extended
- veh-eh-se-REEM
- IPA
- /wəʕɛsˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and twenty
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
ve-e-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO a-VI bat-ze-khar-YA
Exegesis
A parallel numeric clause ve-esrim va-tesha šānâ malakh {וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ | wə-‘eś·rî·yim wā·ṯê·ša‘ šā·nâ mā·lāḵ} “and twenty and nine years he reigned” specifies duration.
In context — 2 Kings 18:2
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi daughter of Zechariah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (veeserim) 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.18.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.2.W6.S1) and character.