2 Kings 13:1:42 Kgs.13.1.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-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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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM ve-sha-LOSH sha-NA le-yo-ASH BEN-a-khaz-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM ve-sha-LOSH sha-NA le-yo-ASH BEN-a-khaz-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse ends with a bare duration expression, sheva esreh shanah {שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה | šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh šānāh} ‘seventeen years,’ which English naturally renders as a concluding time-span (“for seventeen years”) tied to the reign just announced.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Nun–Heh
“to repeat, change”
In context — 2 Kings 13:1
In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 13:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֔ה (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 Kgs.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.1.W4.S1) and character.