שָׁנִ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁנִ֔ים

   sha-NIM

   years
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים

   u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM

   and two years
3. clause🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אָמ֣וֹן בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   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

   a son of twenty and two year Amon in his reigning or when he became king and two years he reigned in Jerusalem
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 prepositional phrase bemolcho {בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | bə-malkô} ‘in his reign’ introduces the temporal frame, followed by the coordinated duration ushṭayim shanim {וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים | û-šṭayim šā-nîm} ‘and two years’ which precedes the verb malach {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned’.