1 Kings 16:8:11 Kgs.16.8.W1TAB
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת
bishnat
“in year of”
- Transliteration
- bish-NAT
- Extended
- bihsh-NAHT
- IPA
- /biʃˈnat/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-NAT
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh e-LA ben-ba-SHA al-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA she-na-TA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal construct bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | biš-nāt} ‘in the year of’ followed by the cardinal compound esrim vashesh shanah {עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה | ʿeṣ-rîm vā-šēš šā-nāh} functioning as an ordinal expression.
In context — 1 Kings 16:8
In Asa king of Judah’s twenty-sixth year , Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and he ruled two years .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.8.W1.S1) and character.