2 Kings 23:36:22 Kgs.23.36.W2TAB
וְחָמֵ֤שׁ
vekhamesh
“and five”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-MESH
- Extended
- veh-khaa-MESH
- IPA
- /vəħaˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-srim ve-kha-MESH sha-NA
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct numeral clause ben-ʿeśrîm ve-ḥāmēš šānāh {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ | ben-ʿeś-rîm wə-ḥā-mēš šā-nāh} ‘at the age of twenty-five years,’ expressing a dual numeral in a construct chain.
In context — 2 Kings 23:36
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah , daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:36, so the Hebrew word וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (vekhamesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.23.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.36.W2.S1) and character.