2 Kings 21:1:32 Kgs.21.1.W3TAB
שָׁנָה֙
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-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-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA
- clause
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO khef-tsi-VA
Exegesis
The numeral esreh {עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | ʿeśrêh} + shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šānāh} marks “twelve years.”
A compound numeral va-chamishim ve-chamesh shanah {וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה | vaḥămiššîm vəḥāmēš šānāh} expresses a total of fifty-five years.
In context — 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:1, 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.21.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.1.W3.S1) and character.