2 Chronicles 33:21:32 Chr.33.21.W3TAB
שָׁנָ֖ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- year
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-srim u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO
- sentence
ben-E-srim u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
In this regnal notice the phrase ben esrim u-shteyim shanah {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִֽים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם שָׁנָ֖ה | ben-ʿeṣrîm ū-šə-ṯayīm šā-nāh} forms a construct chain specifying age as “son of twenty and two years.”
Root and etymology
שׁ־נ־ה
“year”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:21
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 33:21, 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.33.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.21.W3.S1) and character.