2 Chronicles 36:9:22 Chr.36.9.W2TAB
שָׁנִים֙
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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Word in context
- word
sha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NIM
- clause
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ye-ho-ya-KHIN be-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM va-a-se-RET ya-MIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ye-ho-ya-KHIN be-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM va-a-se-RET ya-MIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The opening construct noun phrase ben šəmōnāh šānîm {בֶּן־שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנִים֙ | ben-šə-mō-nə šā-nîm} ‘son of eight years’ functions as an age formula marking Jehoiachin’s accession.
In context — 2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he ruled three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 36:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 36:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִים֙ (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.36.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.36.9.W2.S1) and character.