2 Chronicles 36:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־שָׁל֧וֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה יוֹאָחָ֣ז בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

Son-of-šālôš and-ʿeśrîm šānâ yôʾāḥāz in-his-mālĕkô and-three ḥŏdāšîm mālak in-yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*šālôš*: cardinal number - three
*ʿeśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
*yôʾāḥāz*: proper noun (alternate spelling of Jehoahaz)
*bĕmālĕkô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his becoming king/when he began to reign
*ḥŏdāšîm*: masculine plural noun - months
*mālak*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he reigned
*yərûšālāim*: proper noun with locative preposition - in Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*bĕmālĕkô*: when he became king/when he began to reign/in his kingship

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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