2 Kings 21:19:32 Kgs.21.19.W3TAB

שָׁנָה֙

shana

year

Transliteration
sha-NA
Extended
shaa-NAH
IPA
/ʃaːˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
year

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Result
שָׁ + נָה֙
sha + na
shana

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA

  3. clause

    ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im

  4. sentence

    ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO me-shu-le-MET bat-kha-RUTS min-ya-te-VA

Exegesis

The verse begins with the age expression featuring ben {בֶּן | bēn} ‘son’ + the compound numeral esrim ushtayim {עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם | ʿeśrîm û-šṭayim} ‘twenty-two’ + shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’.

In context2 Kings 21:19

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charutz from Jotvah .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 21:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:19, 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.21.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.19.W3.S1) and character.