יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ

   yo-shi-YA-hu

   Josiah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ

   yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO

   Josiah when he began to reign
3. clause🔊 בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   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

   a son of eight years Josiah when he began to reign and thirty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem
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 Hebrew construct ben-shemoneh shanah Yoshiyahu bemalko {בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | bĕn-šəmōnê šānāh Yōšîyāhû bəmālĕkô} ‘son of eight years, Josiah, in his reign’ expresses accession age via the chain ben + numeral + shanah.