1 Kings 16:15:41 Kgs.16.15.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֗ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- 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.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Nun–Heh
“year; repetition”
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 16:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֗ה (shana) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.15.W4.S1) and character.