2 Chronicles 34:1:22 Chr.34.1.W2TAB
שָׁנִ֖ים
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-mo-NE sha-NIM
- clause
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NIM yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO
- sentence
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NIM yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the age idiom ben shemoneh shanim {בֶּן שְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים | bĕn šəmōnê šānîm} ‘son of eight years’, an appellative phrase indicating age.
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 34:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֖ים (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.34.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.1.W2.S1) and character.