2 Kings 18:1:22 Kgs.18.1.W2TAB
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת
bishnat
“in the year of”
- Transliteration
- bish-NAT
- Extended
- bihsh-NAHT
- IPA
- /biʃˈnat/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the 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 sha-LOSH
- clause
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ven-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The temporal formula biš·nat šā·lôš {בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ | biš·nat šā·lôš} ‘in the third year’ combines a prepositional construct and a cardinal numeral to anchor the event chronologically.
In context — 2 Kings 18:1
And it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:1, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַ֣ת (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.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.1.W2.S1) and character.