בִּשְׁנַת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֙

   bish-naat

   in year of
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א זִמְרִי֙ וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ בִּשְׁנַת֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וָשֶׁ֔בַע לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה

   va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

   and he came in Zimri and he struck him and killed him in year of twenty and seven to Asa king of Judah
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א זִמְרִי֙ וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ בִּשְׁנַת֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וָשֶׁ֔בַע לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAI-v

   and he came in Zimri and he struck him and killed him in year of twenty and seven to Asa king of Judah and he reigned in his place

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת | bišnāt} ‘in the year of’ with the numeric phrase esrim vasheva {עֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע | ʿeśrîm wāšeḇaʿ} ‘twenty and seven’, anchoring the event in Asa’s rule.