2 Kings 17:4:142 Kgs.17.4.W14TAB
כְּשָׁנָ֣ה
keshana
“as a year”
- Transliteration
- ke-sha-NA
- Extended
- keh-shah-NAA
- IPA
- /kəʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ke-sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA
- clause
va-yim-TSA ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-ho-SHE-a KE-sher a-SHER sha-LAKH mal-e-KHIM el-so ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA
- sentence
va-yim-TSA ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-ho-SHE-a KE-sher a-SHER sha-LAKH mal-e-KHIM el-so ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA va-ya-tsre-HU ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-as-re-HU BET KE-le
Exegesis
The adverbial keshanah beshanah {כְּשָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה | kə-šānāh bə-šānāh} ‘year by year’ signals habitual tribute.
In context — 2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not brought tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. So the king of Assyria restrained him and imprisoned him in a house of confinement.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 17:4, so the Hebrew word כְּשָׁנָ֣ה (keshana) 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.17.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.4.W14.S1) and character.