2 Chronicles 22:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also 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, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
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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