2 Samuel 13:23:22 Sam.13.23.W2TAB
לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם
lishenatayim
“for two years”
- Transliteration
- li-she-NA-ta-yim
- Extended
- lih-sheh-NAH-tah-yihm
- IPA
- /liʃ.naˈta.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for two years
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-she-NA-ta-yim
- phraseyour reading level
li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM
- clause
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM le-khol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The time expression lishnatayim yamim {לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים | lišnātayim yāmîm}, literally “at two-years days,” functions idiomatically as “after two years.”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years that there were shearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם (lishenatayim) 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 Sam.13.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.23.W2.S1) and character.