2 Chronicles 22:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְשָׁנָ֣ה אַחַ֔ת מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ בַּת־עָמְרִֽי׃

Transliteration

Son-of-ʾarbbāʿīm and-šəttayim šānāh ʾăḥazyāhū in-mālḵō, and-šānāh ʾaḥat mālaḵ in-yərūšālaim; and-šēm ʾimmō ʿătalyāhū daughter-of-ʿāmrī.

Grammar Details

*ʾarbbāʿīm*: Cardinal number - 'forty'
*šəttayim*: Cardinal number feminine dual - 'two'
*šānāh*: Noun feminine singular - 'year'
*ʾăḥazyāhū*: Proper noun - 'Ahaziah'
*mālḵō*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his becoming king/his reigning'
*ʾaḥat*: Cardinal number feminine singular - 'one'
*mālaḵ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he reigned'
*yərūšālaim*: Proper noun - 'Jerusalem'
*šēm*: Noun masculine singular construct - 'name of'
*ʾimmō*: Noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his mother'
*ʿătalyāhū*: Proper noun - 'Athaliah'
*ʿāmrī*: Proper noun - 'Omri'

Word Meanings

*mālḵō*: his becoming king/his reigning/when he began to reign

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 8:26 : 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Chr 21:6 : 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
1 Kgs 16:28 : 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

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