הִ֣יא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִ֣יא

   HI

   she or it
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־תֵּ֗שַׁע

   HI she-NAT-TE-sha

   she or it year of nine
3. clause🔊 הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־תֵּ֗שַׁע לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִלְכְּדָ֖ה שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   HI she-NAT-TE-sha le-ho-SHE-a ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nil-ke-DA shom-RON

   she or it year of nine to Hoshea king of Israel was captured Samaria
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ מִקְצֵה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁ֖שׁ לְחִזְקִיָּ֑ה הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־תֵּ֗שַׁע לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִלְכְּדָ֖ה שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   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

   and they captured her or it from the end of three years in the year of six to Hezekiah she or it year of nine to Hoshea king of Israel was captured Samaria

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.