בֶּן־שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים יְהֹואָ֥שׁ בְּמָלְכֹֽו׃ פ
Yehōʾash was seven years old when he began to reign.
Morphology
- בֶּן־שֶׁבַע (ben-shevaʿ) – Root: בן / שבע (b-n / sh-b-ʿ); Form: Construct noun + cardinal number masculine; Translation: “a son of seven”; Notes: Hebrew idiom for “seven years old.”
- שָׁנִים (shanim) – Root: שנה (sh-n-h); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “years”; Notes: Plural complement of the construct “son of.”
- יְהֹואָשׁ (Yehōʾash) – Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yehōʾash”; Notes: Name of the young king of Yehudah.
- בְּמָלְכֹו (be-malko) – Root: מלך (m-l-k); Form: Preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “when he began to reign” or “in his reigning”; Notes: Refers to the commencement of his kingship.