Genesis 21:5:3Gen.21.5.W3TAB
שָׁנָ֑ה
shana
“years old”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years old
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ben-me-AT sha-NA
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-me-AT sha-NA
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-me-AT sha-NA be-hiv-VA-led LO ET yits-KHAK be-NO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the subject ve’avraham {וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם | wə-ʾaḇ-rā-hām} followed by the predicative age expression ben-me’at shanah {בֶּן־מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה | ben-mə-ʾaṯ šā-nāh}, literally “son of a hundred year,” which in English requires “was one hundred years old.”
Root and etymology
š-n-hShin–Nun–Heh
“repeat, change”
In context — Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 21:5, 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.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.5.W3.S1) and character.