2 Kings 17:5:92 Kgs.17.5.W9TAB
שָׁנִֽים׃
shanim
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NIM
- Extended
- shaa-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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-LOSH sha-NIM
- clause
va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
Duration is expressed by the cardinal-plus-noun construction šalōš šānîm {שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים | šalōš šā-nîm} ‘three years’. English rendering preserves the Hebrew verb-subject-object order by fronting the verb for narrative continuity.
Root and etymology
š-n-h
“year, cycle”
In context — 2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assyria advanced throughout the land , and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִֽים׃ (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.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.5.W9.S1) and character.