Genesis 17:24:4Gen.17.24.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֑ה
shana
“years old”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years old
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
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-tish-EEM va-TE-sha sha-NA
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-tish-EEM va-TE-sha sha-NA be-him-mo-LO be-SAR or-la-TO
Exegesis
The nominal phrase ben-tishim va-tesha shanah {בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע שָׁנָ֑ה | ben-tiš-ʿîm wā-tē-šaʿ šā-nāh} functions as a complete predicate expressing Abraham’s age, with the construct noun ben governing the compound numerals tišʿîm and wāteša and the absolute noun šānāh completing the idiom.
Root and etymology
sh-n-hshin-nun-heh
“to repeat or change”
In context — Genesis 17:24
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:24, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֑ה (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.17.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.24.W4.S1) and character.