2 Chronicles 24:1:22 Chr.24.1.W2TAB
שָׁנִים֙
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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-SHE-va sha-NIM
- clause
ben-SHE-va sha-NIM yo-ASH be-mal-KHO ve-ar-ba-IM sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-SHE-va sha-NIM yo-ASH be-mal-KHO ve-ar-ba-IM sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO tsiv-YA mib-BE-ER SHA-va
Exegesis
The verse opens with the regnal-age idiom ben-sheva shanim {בֶּן־שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים | bēn-ševaʿ šānîm} ‘son of seven years,’ a nominal expression that states age by placing “son” before the number.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he became king , and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beersheba .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 24:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִים֙ (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.24.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.1.W2.S1) and character.