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 יְדִידָ֥ה בַת־עֲדָ֖יָה מִבָּצְקַֽת׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO ye-di-DA bat-a-da-YA mi-bats-KAT

   and the name of his mother Jedidah daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְדִידָ֥ה בַת־עֲדָ֖יָה מִבָּצְקַֽת׃

   ben-she-mo-NE sha-NA yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO ye-di-DA bat-a-da-YA mi-bats-KAT

   a son of eight years Josiah when he began to reign and thirty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother Jedidah daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath

Exegesis

The clause veshem immo yedidah bat-adayah mibotsqath {וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְדִידָ֥ה בַת־עֲדָיָה מִבָּצְקַֽת | wəšēm ʾimmô yəḏīdāh baṯ-ʿădāyāh mibbōṣqāṯ} ‘and his mother’s name Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath’ uses veshem to introduce maternal lineage. English subordinate clauses and cardinal numerals maintain Hebrew emphasis on age and duration.