2 Kings 14:23:12 Kgs.14.23.W1TAB
בִּשְׁנַת֙
bishnat
“in year of”
- Transliteration
- bish-NAT
- Extended
- bihsh-NAT
- IPA
- /biʃˈnat/
Meaning by language
- English
- in year of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bish-NAT
- clause
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-me-RON ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal prepositional clause bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת֙ | biš-šāṯ} “in the year of” followed by the ordinal khamesh-esreh {חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ḥămêš-‘eśrê} + shanah {שָׁנָ֔ה | šānâ} “fifteenth year.”
In context — 2 Kings 14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַת֙ (bishnat) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.23.W1.S1) and character.