2 Kings 23:36:62 Kgs.23.36.W6TAB
וְאַחַ֤ת
veakhat
“and one”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAT
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-KHAT e-sre
- 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 perfect verb mālak {מָלַ֖ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’ introduces the duration clause wə-ʾāḥat-ʿeśrêh šānāh {וְאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה | wə-ʾā-ḥat ʿe-srêh šā-nāh} ‘eleven years.’
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 23:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:36, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַ֤ת (veakhat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.36.W6.S1) and character.