Genesis 14:4:7Gen.14.4.W7TAB
שָׁנָ֖ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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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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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA
- clause
u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA ma-ra-DU
- sentence
she-TEIM es-RE sha-NA ov-DU et-ke-dar-la-O-mer u-she-losh-es-RE sha-NA ma-ra-DU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the feminine compound numeral phrase shteym esreh shanah {שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה | šə-têym ʿeś-rêh šā-nāh} functioning as a fronted temporal adverbial, “for twelve years.”
The coordinated waw in ûshlosh-esreh shanah {וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה | û-šəlōš-ʿeś-rêh šā-nāh}, “but in the thirteenth year,” signals a contrastive temporal clause.
Root and etymology
š-n-h
“to repeat, to change”
In context — Genesis 14:4
For twelve years they were subject to Kedorlaomer , but in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 14:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֖ה (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 Gen.14.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.4.W7.S1) and character.