2 Kings 22:1:72 Kgs.22.1.W7TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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
- clause
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NA yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-mo-NE sha-NA yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO ye-di-DA bat-a-da-YA mi-bats-KAT
Exegesis
The Hebrew construct ben-shemoneh shanah Yoshiyahu bemalko {בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | bĕn-šəmōnê šānāh Yōšîyāhû bəmālĕkô} ‘son of eight years, Josiah, in his reign’ expresses accession age via the chain ben + numeral + shanah.
Root and etymology
sh-n-h
“yearly cycle”
In context — 2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah , the daughter of Adaiah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֔ה (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.22.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.1.W7.S1) and character.