1 Kings 16:15:11 Kgs.16.15.W1TAB
בִּשְׁנַת֩
bishnat
“in {the} year of”
- Transliteration
- bish-NAT
- Extended
- bihsh-NAT
- IPA
- /biʃˈnat/
Meaning by language
- English
- in {the} year of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bish-NAT
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA ve-ha-AM kho-NIM al-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The temporal construct bishnat esrim vasheva shanah {בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה | bišnát ʿeṣrîm wa-šeḇaʿ šānāh} ‘in the twenty-seventh year’ employs a stacked cardinal numeral for precise regnal dating.
In context — 1 Kings 16:15
In Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, while the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַת֩ (bishnat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.15.W1.S1) and character.