2 Kings 15:17:12 Kgs.15.17.W1TAB
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת
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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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-NAT
- phraseyour reading level
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bishnat šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה | bišnăt šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh} ‘in the thirty-ninth year’ uses the preposition b- plus a construct numeral chain for regnal dating.
In context — 2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:17, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (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.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.17.W1.S1) and character.