2 Kings 21:19:12 Kgs.21.19.W1TAB
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים
beneserim
“a son of twenty”
- Transliteration
- ben-E-se-RIM
- Extended
- ben-eh-seh-REEM
- 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 | 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
ben-E-se-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO me-shu-le-MET bat-kha-RUTS min-ya-te-VA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the age expression featuring ben {בֶּן | bēn} ‘son’ + the compound numeral esrim ushtayim {עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם | ʿeśrîm û-šṭayim} ‘twenty-two’ + shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 21:19
Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charutz from Jotvah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:19, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (beneserim) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.19.W1.S1) and character.