2 Kings 23:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ זְבוּדָּ֥ה בַת־פְּדָיָ֖ה מִן־רוּמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Son-of-ʿeśrîm and-ḥāmēš šānāh yĕhôyāqîm at-his-mālḵô, and-ʾaḥat ʿeśrēh šānāh he-mālaḵ in-yĕrûšālāim; and-šēm his-ʾimmô zĕbûddāh daughter-of-pĕdāyāh from-rûmāh.

Grammar Details

*ʿeśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*ḥāmēš*: cardinal number, feminine - five
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*yĕhôyāqîm*: proper noun - Jehoiakim
*mālḵô*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his becoming king/his reigning
*ʾaḥat*: cardinal number, feminine - one
*ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number - ten
*mālaḵ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he reigned
*yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mother
*zĕbûddāh*: proper noun - Zebudah
*pĕdāyāh*: proper noun - Pedaiah
*rûmāh*: proper noun - Rumah

Word Meanings

*mālḵô*: his becoming king/his reigning/when he became king
*mālaḵ*: reigned/ruled/was king

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:5 : 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Jer 1:3 : 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Jer 26:1 : 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
1 Chr 3:15 : 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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