2 Samuel 2:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים שָׁנָ֜ה אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁא֗וּל בְּמָלְכוֹ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּשְׁתַּ֥יִם שָׁנִ֖ים מָלָ֑ךְ אַ֚ךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה הָי֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

Ben-ʾarbāʿîm šānâ ʾîš-bōšet ben-Šāʾûl bə-mālḵô over Yiśrāʾēl and ûštayim šānîm mālaḵ ʾaḵ bêt Yəhûdâ hāyû after Dāwid.

Grammar Details

*Ben-ʾarbāʿîm*: construct state noun + number - son of forty
*šānâ*: noun fs - year
*ʾîš-bōšet*: proper noun - Ish-bosheth
*ben-Šāʾûl*: construct state noun + proper noun - son of Saul
*bə-mālḵô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3ms suffix - in his becoming king
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ûštayim*: conjunction + number fs - and two
*šānîm*: plural noun - years
*mālaḵ*: qal perfect 3ms - he reigned
*ʾaḵ*: adverb - only/however
*bêt*: construct state noun - house of
*Yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3cp - they were
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David

Word Meanings

*Ben-ʾarbāʿîm*: forty years old (idiomatic expression)
*bə-mālḵô*: when he became king/when he began to reign
*ʾaḵ*: only/however/but
*bêt*: house of/household of/people of
*hāyû*: they were/they became

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