2 Chronicles 24:5:162 Chr.24.5.W16TAB
שָׁנָה֙
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
- phraseyour reading level
mi-DE sha-NA
- clause
va-yik-BOTS et-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-hal-ve-YIM va-yo-MER la-HEM tse-U le-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-kiv-TSU mik-kol-yis-ra-EL KE-sef le-kha-ZEK et-BET e-lo-he-KHEM mi-DE sha-NA be-sha-NA ve-a-TEM te-ma-ha-RU la-da-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS et-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-hal-ve-YIM va-yo-MER la-HEM tse-U le-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-kiv-TSU mik-kol-yis-ra-EL KE-sef le-kha-ZEK et-BET e-lo-he-KHEM mi-DE sha-NA be-sha-NA ve-a-TEM te-ma-ha-RU la-da-VAR ve-LO mi-ha-RU hal-ve-YIM
Exegesis
The temporal phrase midei shanah beshanah {מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה | mid·dei šānāh bə-šānāh} ‘from year to year’ indicates ongoing repetition.
Root and etymology
š-n-hShin–Nun–Heh
“to repeat”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:5
And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God from year to year; and you, hasten the matter .” But the Levites did not hasten.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 24:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָה֙ (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.24.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.5.W16.S1) and character.