2 Chronicles 34:3:142 Chr.34.3.W14TAB

שָׁנָ֗ה

shana

year

Transliteration
sha-NA
Extended
shaa-NAA
IPA
/ʃaːˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
year

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Result
שָׁ + נָ֗ה
sha + na
shana

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA

  3. clause

    u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT

  4. sentence

    u-vish-mo-NE sha-NIM le-mal-KHO ve-HU o-DE-nu NA-ar he-KHEL lid-ROSH le-e-lo-HE da-VID a-VIV u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT

Exegesis

The verse employs two temporal markers uvišmōné šānîm lə-malkô {וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכ֗וֹ | ū-vî-šmō-né šā-nîm lə-malkô} ‘and in the eighth year of his reign’ and ū-vištēmin ʿiśrē šānâh {וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה | ū-vi-štē-min ʿi-śrê šān-âh} ‘and in the twelfth year’, each followed by hēḥēl {הֵחֵ֕ל | hē-ḥēl} ‘he began.’

Root and etymology

š-n-hshin–nun–he

year, cycle

In context2 Chronicles 34:3

And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherim , the idols, and the molten images.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 34:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 34:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֗ה (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.34.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.3.W14.S1) and character.