וְשֵׁ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם

   ve-SHEM

   and the name of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ

   ve-SHEM i-MO

   and the name of his mother
3. clause🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת־חָר֖וּץ מִן־יָטְבָֽה׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO me-shu-le-MET bat-kha-RUTS min-ya-te-VA

   and the name of his mother Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz from Jotbah
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אָמ֣וֹן בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת־חָר֖וּץ מִן־יָטְבָֽה׃

   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

   a son of twenty and two year Amon in his reigning or when he became king and two years he reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz from Jotbah

Exegesis

The paratactic clause veshem immo {וְשֵׁם אִמּ֔וֹ | wə-šēm ʾim-mō} ‘and the name of his mother’ leads into the construct chain Meshullemeth bat-Charutz {מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת־חָר֖וּץ | me-šul-le-mēṯ baṯ-ḥā-rūṣ} ‘Meshullemeth daughter of Charutz’, and the final locative min Yatvah {מִן־יָטְבָֽה | min yāṯ-vāh} ‘from Jotvah’ marks origin. The verse’s numerical constructs, temporal prepositional clauses, and construct phrases deliver concise biographical data.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 שׁ־מShin-Mem

“name”