2 Kings 18:10:52 Kgs.18.10.W5TAB
בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁ֖שׁ
bishnatshesh
“in the year of six”
- Transliteration
- bish-NAT-SHESH
- Extended
- bihsh-NAT-SHEESH
- IPA
- /biʃˈnat.ʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the year of six
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-NAT-SHESH
- clause
va-yil-KHU-du-HA mik-TSE sha-LOSH sha-NIM bish-NAT-SHESH le-khiz-ki-YA
- sentence
va-yil-KHU-du-HA mik-TSE sha-LOSH sha-NIM bish-NAT-SHESH le-khiz-ki-YA HI she-NAT-TE-sha le-ho-SHE-a ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nil-ke-DA shom-RON
Exegesis
The synchronizing prepositional construct bišnāt-šêš lə-ḥizqiyyāh {בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְקִיָּ֑ה | bišnāt-šêš lə-ḥizqiyyāh} ‘in the sixth year of Hezekiah’ aligns with Judah’s king, and the equative term hî šənāt-tēšaʿ lə-hōšēaʿ {הִיא שְׁנַת־תֵּשַׁע לְהוֹשֵׁעַ | hî šənāt-tēšaʿ lə-hōšēaʿ} introduces Hoshea’s ninth year.
In context — 2 Kings 18:10
And they captured it at the end of three years. In the sixth year of Hezekiah , which was the ninth year of Hoshea , king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:10, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁ֖שׁ (bishnatshesh) 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.18.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.10.W5.S1) and character.