וְאַחַת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאַחַת֙

   ve-a-KHAT

   and one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְאַחַת֙

   u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT

   and thirty and one
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 additive usheloshim veachat {וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַת֙ | ūšəlōšîm wəʾăḥaṯ} ‘thirty-one’ yields the regnal total, followed by malakh {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned.’