2 Samuel 14:28:42 Sam.14.28.W4TAB
שְׁנָתַ֣יִם
shenatayim
“two years”
- Transliteration
- she-na-TA-yim
- Extended
- sheh-naa-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃənaːˈθajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two years
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
she-na-TA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
she-na-TA-yim ya-MIM
- clause
va-YE-shev av-sha-LOM bi-ru-sha-LIM she-na-TA-yim ya-MIM
- sentence
va-YE-shev av-sha-LOM bi-ru-sha-LIM she-na-TA-yim ya-MIM u-fe-NE ha-ME-lekh LO ra-A
Exegesis
The duration expression shenatayim yamim {שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים | šə-nā-tā-yim yā-mîm} ‘two years’ combines a dual absolute with a plural noun for emphasis on full span.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:28
And Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:28, so the Hebrew word שְׁנָתַ֣יִם (shenatayim) 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.14.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.28.W4.S1) and character.