2 Kings 18:2:32 Kgs.18.2.W3TAB
שָׁנָה֙
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- year
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-se-RIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO a-VI bat-ze-khar-YA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the age construct ben-esrim ve-chamesh šānâ {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ | bĕn-‘eś-rî·yim wə-ḥā·mêš šā·nâ} “son of twenty-five years,” where a noun in construct with cardinal numerals conveys age.
A parallel numeric clause ve-esrim va-tesha šānâ malakh {וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ | wə-‘eś·rî·yim wā·ṯê·ša‘ šā·nâ mā·lāḵ} “and twenty and nine years he reigned” specifies duration.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“year; cycle”
In context — 2 Kings 18:2
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi daughter of Zechariah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:2, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָה֙ (shana) 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.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.2.W3.S1) and character.