2 Chronicles 18:2:32 Chr.18.2.W3TAB
שָׁנִ֤ים
shanim
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NIM
- Extended
- shaa-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈniːm/
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV
- clause
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
The phrase lekets shanim {לְקֵ֨ץ שָׁנִים | ləqêṣ šānîm} ‘after some years’ uses the preposition le- plus a plural noun to indicate an indefinite period.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֤ים (shanim) 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 2 Chr.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W3.S1) and character.