“Twenty” | עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | Twenty |
“years” | שָׁנָה֙ | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
“old” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | old |
“was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“Ahaz” | אָחָ֣ז | Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite | Ahaz |
“when he began to reign,” | בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | began reign |
“and reigned” | מָלַ֖ךְ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | reigned |
“sixteen” | וְשֵׁשׁ | Six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth | sixteen |
“years” | שָׁנָ֔ה | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
“in Jerusalem,” | בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
“and did” | עָשָׂ֣ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
“not” | וְלֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
“that which was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“right” | הַיָּשָׁ֗ר | Straight (literally or figuratively) | right |
“in the sight” | בְּעֵינֵ֛י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | sight |
“of the Lord” | יְהוָ֥ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
“his God,” | אֱלֹהָ֖יו | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
“like David” | כְּדָוִ֥ד | David, the youngest son of Jesse | like David |
“his father.” | אָבִֽיו׃ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |