Genesis 17:1:4Gen.17.1.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֖ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- year
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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Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ben-tish-IM sha-NA
- clause
va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-tish-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-tish-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI veh-YE ta-MIM
Exegesis
The idiomatic age expression ben tish'im shanah vetesha shanim {בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְתֵ֣שַׁע שָׁנִ֑ים | ben tiš-ʿîm šā-nāh wə-tē-šaʿ šā-nîm} literally “a son of ninety years and nine years” is rendered “was ninety-nine years old.”
Root and etymology
sh-n-hshin-nun-heh
“to repeat or change”
In context — Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty ; live before Me, and be blameless.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:1, 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.17.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.1.W4.S1) and character.