1 Kings 20:26:31 Kgs.20.26.W3TAB
הַשָּׁנָ֔ה
hashana
“the year”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-NA
- Extended
- hah-shah-NAA
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA
- clause
va-ye-HI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA va-yif-KOD ben-ha-DAD et-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA va-yif-KOD ben-ha-DAD et-a-RAM va-YA-al a-FE-ka lam-mil-kha-MA im-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase li-tshu-vat ha-shanah {לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת הַשָּׁנָ֔ה | li·tû·wā·ṯ ha·šnāh} functions as a temporal circumstantial clause (“at the turning of the year”), combining lamed + construct noun + definite article to express the Hebrew idiom for seasonal recurrence.
Root and etymology
שׁ־נ־הsh–n–h
“year, repetition”
In context — 1 Kings 20:26
And it happened at the turning of the year that Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek for battle with Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:26, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁנָ֔ה (hashana) 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.20.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.26.W3.S1) and character.