וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙

   va-TE-sha

   and nine
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙

   ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha

   and twenty and nine
3. clause🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   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

   a son of twenty and five year he was in his reigning and twenty and nine year he reigned in Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ אֲבִ֖י בַּת־זְכַרְיָֽה׃

   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

   a son of twenty and five year he was in his reigning and twenty and nine year he reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother Abi daughter of Zechariah

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.