1 Kings 16:23:131 Kgs.16.23.W13TAB
שָׁנָ֑ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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 she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA be-tir-TSA ma-LAKH SHESH-sha-NIM
Exegesis
The verse uses a standard regnal synchronism: the temporal frame bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת֩ | bišnāṯ} ‘in the year of’ is fronted, and the numeral string sheloshim ve-achat shanah {שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְאַחַ֜ת שָׁנָ֗ה | šəlōšîm wə-ʾaḥaṯ šānâ} functions as a single time specification that is idiomatically rendered as an ordinal (“thirty-first”).
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Nun–Heh
“year; repetition”
In context — 1 Kings 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel for twelve years; in Tirzah he reigned six years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:23, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֑ה (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.16.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.23.W13.S1) and character.