2 Chronicles 22:12:72 Chr.22.12.W7TAB
שָׁנִ֑ים
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
SHESH sha-NIM
- clause
va-ye-HI i-TAM be-VET ha-e-lo-HIM mit-kha-BE SHESH sha-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI i-TAM be-VET ha-e-lo-HIM mit-kha-BE SHESH sha-NIM va-a-tal-ya mo-LE-khet al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle mitchabbei {מִתְחַבֵּ֖א | mitḥabbêʾ} ‘hiding’ expresses ongoing concealment, quantified by the numeral phrase shesh shanim {שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים | šēš šānîm} ‘six years’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:12
And he stayed with them in the house of God , hidden for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 22:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֑ים (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.22.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.12.W7.S1) and character.