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
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
- phraseyour reading level
u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.