שָׁנָ֑ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁנָ֑ה

   sha-NA

   year
2. clause🔊 וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה

   ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA

   and the days which he reigned Jeroboam twenty and two year
3. sentence🔊 וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ נָדָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV

   and the days which he reigned Jeroboam twenty and two year and he lay down with his fathers and he reigned Nadab his son in his place under him

Exegesis

The coordinated cardinal numbers esrim ushtayim {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם | ʿe-srīˈm wə-šă-tā-ˈyim} ‘twenty-two’ combine with the noun shanah {שָׁנָ֑ה | šā-nāh} ‘year’ to express the regnal period.

Root and etymology

š-n-h🔊 שׁ־נ־הshin-nun-he

“year, cycle”

• 🔊 שֵׁנִיshenisecondGenesis 1:8
• 🔊 שָׁנוֹתshanotyearsGenesis 5:7