2 Kings 18:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ אֲבִ֖י בַּת־זְכַרְיָֽה׃

Transliteration

Ben-twenty and five shanah hayah in moleko, and twenty and nine shanah malak in Yerushalayim. And shem immo ʾAbi bat-Zəkaryah.

Grammar Details

*ben*: construct state - son of/age of
*shanah*: noun, feminine singular - year
*hayah*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he was
*moleko*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his becoming king/his reigning
*malak*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yerushalayim*: proper noun, feminine singular
*shem*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*immo*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*ʾAbi*: proper noun, feminine singular
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*Zəkaryah*: proper noun, masculine singular

Word Meanings

*moleko*: his becoming king/when he began to reign/when he became king
*malak*: he reigned/ruled/was king

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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2 Chr 29:1-2 : 1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

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