Judges 16:31:21Judg.16.31.W21TAB
שָׁנָֽה׃
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
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
e-se-RIM sha-NA
- clause
ve-HU sha-FAT et-yis-ra-EL e-se-RIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-yer-DU e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-vi-HU va-yis-E-U o-TO va-ya-a-LU va-yik-be-RU o-TO BEN tsar-A u-VEN esh-ta-OL be-KE-ver ma-NO-akh a-VIV ve-HU sha-FAT et-yis-ra-EL e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The resumptive vav and pronoun vehu {וְה֛וּא | wə-hûʾ} introduce the perfect verb shafat {שָׁפַ֥ט | šā-p̄aṭ} ‘he judged’, encapsulating governance and deliverance during his esrim shanah {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה | ʿe-śrîm ša-nāh} tenure. The English rendition divides the Hebrew clauses into two sentences to preserve clarity while maintaining the original sequence.
In context — Judges 16:31
Then his brothers and his father’s household went down and carried him, and they brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:31:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Judges 16:31, 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.16.31.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.31.W21.S1) and character.