וְשֵׁ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם

   ve-SHEM

   and name
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ

   ve-SHEM i-MO

   and name of his mother
3. clause🔊 וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ זבידה זְבוּדָּ֥ה בַת־פְּדָיָ֖ה מִן־רוּמָֽה׃

   ve-SHEM i-MO ze-vi-DA ze-vu-DDA bat-pe-da-YA min-ru-MA

   and name of his mother Zebidah Zebuddah daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah
4. sentence🔊 בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ זבידה זְבוּדָּ֥ה בַת־פְּדָיָ֖ה מִן־רוּמָֽה׃

   ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ye-ho-ya-KIM be-mol-KHO ve-a-KHAT e-sre sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO ze-vi-DA ze-vu-DDA bat-pe-da-YA min-ru-MA

   a son of twenty and five year Jehoiakim when he began to reign or in his reigning and one ten year he reigned in Jerusalem and name of his mother Zebidah Zebuddah daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts to a maternal introduction with wə-šēm ʾimmô {וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ | wə-šēm ʾim-mô} ‘and the name of his mother,’ followed by the name zevidāh zevuddāh {זבידה זְבוּדָּ֥ה | ze-vî-dā ze-vu-ddā} and the genealogy baṯ-pəḏā-yāh mīn-rū-māh {בַת־פְּדָיָ֖ה מִן־רוּמָֽה | baṯ-pə-ḏā-yāh mīn-rū-māh} ‘daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.’ Paratactic vav-coordination links age, reign, and lineage, typical of historical narrative syntax, while construct numerals and locative prepositional phrases convey chronological and geographical information precisely.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 שׁ־םshin–mem

“name”

• 🔊 שְׁמוֹתshemotnamesExodus 1:1