2 Chronicles 33:1:32 Chr.33.1.W3TAB
שָׁנָ֖ה
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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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mol-KHO
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mol-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The clause ben {בֶּן־ | ben} shteim esre {שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | šĕ-ṯê-îm ʿe-śrê} shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šā-nāh} follows the Hebrew idiom “son of two ten year” to express age.
Root and etymology
š-n-hshin–nun–heh
“year”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign , and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 33:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֖ה (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.33.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.1.W3.S1) and character.