2 Kings 15:1:42 Kgs.15.1.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
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
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-zar-YA ben-a-mats-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The numerals are stated additively—esrim vasheva {עֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע | ʿeśrîm wāšéḇaʿ} ‘twenty and seven’—followed by shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’, together functioning idiomatically as “twenty-seventh year.”
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Nun–Heh
“repeat, year”
In context — 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:1, 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.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.1.W4.S1) and character.