2 Samuel 21:1:62 Sam.21.1.W6TAB
שָׁנִ֗ים
shanim
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NIM
- Extended
- shaa-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈniːm/
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- clause
va-ye-HI ra-AV bi-ME da-VID sha-LOSH sha-NIM sha-NA a-kha-RE sha-NA va-ye-vak-KESH da-VID et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV bi-ME da-VID sha-LOSH sha-NIM sha-NA a-kha-RE sha-NA va-ye-vak-KESH da-VID et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
Exegesis
The temporal phrase shalosh shanim shanah acharei shanah {שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שָׁנָה אַחֲרֵי שָׁנָה} uses repetition to stress the three-year duration.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:1
Now it came to pass in the days of David that there was a famine for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, “It is on account of Saul and of the house of blood , because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֗ים (shanim) 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.21.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.1.W6.S1) and character.