2 Samuel 19:34:62 Sam.19.34.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:35
שְׁנֵ֣י
shenei
“years of”
- Transliteration
- she-NEI
- Extended
- sheh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
she-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEI kha-YAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer bar-zil-LAI el-ha-ME-lekh kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI kha-YAI ki-e-E-le et-ha-ME-lekh ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The interrogative kammāʾ {כַּמָּ֞ה | kammāʾ} ‘how many’ introduces the construct chain yemēy šənēy ḥayyay {יְמֵ֣י שְׁנֵ֗י חַיַּי֙ | yemēy šənēy ḥayyay} ‘days of the years of my life’, an idiom expressing the measurement of lifespan.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:34
And Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:34, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֣י (shenei) 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.19.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.34.W6.S1) and character.