2 Chronicles 22:2:62 Chr.22.2.W6TAB
וְשָׁנָ֣ה
veshana
“and a year”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-NA
- Extended
- veh-shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /vəʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-NA a-KHAT
- clause
ben-ar-ba-IM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-khaz-ya-HU be-mal-KHO ve-sha-NA a-KHAT ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ben-ar-ba-IM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-khaz-ya-HU be-mal-KHO ve-sha-NA a-KHAT ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO a-tal-ya-HU bat-om-RI
Exegesis
The conjunction we-shanah {וְשָׁנָ֣ה | wə-šā-nâh} links this temporal marker to the summary, where achat {אַחַ֔ת | ʾă-ḥat} modifies the verb malak {מָלַ֖ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘reigned’ in the locative bi-rushalayim {בִּֽירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | bə-rū-šā-lā-yim} ‘in Jerusalem’.
Root and etymology
š-n-h
“year”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:2
Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began his reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah , granddaughter of Omri.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁנָ֣ה (veshana) 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.22.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.2.W6.S1) and character.