2 Chronicles 21:5:32 Chr.21.5.W3TAB
שָׁנָ֖ה
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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ye-ho-RAM be-mal-KHO
- sentence
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA ye-ho-RAM be-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with ben {בֶּן־ | bĕn} ‘son-of/age-of’ combined with the compound numeral shloshim ushtayim {שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם | šə-lō-šîm wə-štay-îm} and the noun shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šā-nāh} to mark the king’s age at accession.
Root and etymology
š-n-hshin–nun–he
“year”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:5
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he took the kingship, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 21:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֖ה (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 2 Chr.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.5.W3.S1) and character.