2 Kings 15:13:72 Kgs.15.13.W7TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAH
- 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
sha-LUM ben-ya-VESH ma-LAKH bish-ne-AT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA le-u-zi-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
sha-LUM ben-ya-VESH ma-LAKH bish-ne-AT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA le-u-zi-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
va-tesha) plus shanah {שָׁנָ֔ה | šānāh} to yield the ordinal sense “thirty-ninth year.”
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Nun–Heh
“repeat, year”
In context — 2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah, and he reigned a month in Samaria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:13, 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.15.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.13.W7.S1) and character.