Exodus 16:35:6Exod.16.35.W6TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈnaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL akh-LU et-ha-MAN ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-bo-AM el-E-rets no-SHA-vet
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL akh-LU et-ha-MAN ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-bo-AM el-E-rets no-SHA-vet et-ha-MAN akh-LU ad-bo-AM el-ke-TSE E-rets ke-na-AN
Exegesis
The temporal accusative expression arbaim shanah {אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | ʾar-ba-ʿîm šā-nāh} denotes the duration “forty years.”
Root and etymology
š-n-hshin–nun–he
“to repeat, to double”
In context — Exodus 16:35
And the sons of Israel ate the manna for forty years until they came to a settled region ; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:35:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 16:35, 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 Exod.16.35.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.35.W6.S1) and character.