2 Kings 18:9:22 Kgs.18.9.W2TAB
בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה
bashana
“in the year”
- Transliteration
- ba-sha-NA
- Extended
- bah-shah-NAA
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
Exegesis
Bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה | baššānâ} and harevi’it {הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ | har̆bî‘îyth} ‘in the fourth year’ and hashanah {הַשָּׁנָ֣ה | haššānâ} and hashvi’it {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית | haššê‘îyth} ‘the seventh year’ establish synchronism between the reigns of Judah and Israel.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“year; cycle”
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה (bashana) 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.18.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W2.S1) and character.