2 Kings 14:23:152 Kgs.14.23.W15TAB
שָׁנָֽה׃
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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
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
- 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.”
Finally, the duration phrase ’arbā‘îm wə-’aḥat {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַחַ֖ת | ’arbā‘îm wə-’aḥat} + šānâ {שָׁנָֽה׃ | šānâ} “forty-one years” reflects Hebrew numbering syntax. This arrangement foregrounds chronology and lineage by placing temporal and appositive elements before the verb.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“yearly cycle”
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 14:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 14:23, 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.14.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.23.W15.S1) and character.