Judges 15:20:6Judg.15.20.W6TAB
שָׁנָֽה׃
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈnaː/
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
e-se-RIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL bi-ME pe-lish-TIM e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The compound esrim shanah {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה | ʿăśrīm šānāh} ‘twenty years’ combines a cardinal number and a noun to specify duration and highlight the length of Samson’s judgeship.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–nun–he
“year, repetition”
In context — Judges 15:20
He judged Israel for twenty years, in the days of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 15:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָֽה׃ (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 Judg.15.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.20.W6.S1) and character.