2 Kings 17:16:82 Kgs.17.16.W8TAB
שנים
shanim
“years or two”
- Transliteration
- sha-NIM
- Extended
- shah-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- years or two
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM
- clause
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM va-ya-a-SU a-she-RA va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-KHOL-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-av-DU et-ha-BA-al
Root and etymology
sh-n-hshin–nun–he
“year”
In context — 2 Kings 17:16
And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves a molten idol of two calves, set up an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served Baal .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:16, so the Hebrew word שנים (shanim) 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.17.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.16.W8.S1) and character.