2 Chronicles 25:1:32 Chr.25.1.W3TAB
שָׁנָה֙
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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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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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH a-mats-ya-HU ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH a-mats-ya-HU ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM im-MO ye-ho-a-DAN mi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the absolute age construction ben-esrim ve-chamesh shanah {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה | ben-ʿe-šrîm və-ḥā-mēš šā-nāh} ‘son of twenty and five years,’ a standard Hebrew idiom for denoting age.
The duration phrase ve-esrim va-tesha shanah {וְעֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה | və-ʿe-šrîm wā-te-šaʿ šā-nāh} expresses ‘twenty-nine years.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:1
At twenty-five, Amaziah took the throne , and he governed Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was named Jehoaddan , and she was a native of Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:1, 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.25.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.1.W3.S1) and character.