Isaiah 23:17:4Isa.23.17.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֗ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈnaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KETS shiv-e-IM sha-NA
- clause
ve-ha-YA mik-KETS shiv-e-IM sha-NA yif-KOD Ye-ho-VAH et-TSOR ve-sha-VA le-et-nan-NA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA mik-KETS shiv-e-IM sha-NA yif-KOD Ye-ho-VAH et-TSOR ve-sha-VA le-et-nan-NA ve-za-ne-TA et-KAL-mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The temporal clause miqqetz shiv‘im shanah {מִקֵּץ שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה | miq-qēṣ šib-ʿîm šā-nā(h)} ‘at the end of seventy years’ establishes a defined period using a prepositional construct.
Root and etymology
שׁ־נ־ה
“year, repetition”
In context — Isaiah 23:17
And it will come to pass at the end of seventy years, the LORD will attend to Tyre, and she will return to her hire and will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 23:17, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֗ה (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 Isa.23.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.17.W4.S1) and character.