2 Kings 13:20:92 Kgs.13.20.W9TAB
שָׁנָֽה׃
shana
“the year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
BA sha-NA
- clause
u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
- sentence
va-ya-MAT e-li-SHA va-yik-be-RU-hu u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase baarets {בָאָרֶץ | bā’āreṣ} ‘into the land’ marks the geographic target, followed by the temporal construct ba shanah {בָּא שָׁנָה | bā’ šānāh} ‘at the coming of the year’, denoting the annual campaign season. English renders the vav consecutives as conjunctions to preserve narrative flow and treats the imperfect as a repeated past to convey ongoing incursions.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“year”
In context — 2 Kings 13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of Moab entered the land at the coming of the year.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָֽה׃ (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.13.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.20.W9.S1) and character.