Leviticus 23:18:7Lev.23.18.W7TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAH
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI sha-NA
- clause
ve-hik-rav-TEM al-hal-LE-khem shiv-AT ke-va-SIM te-mi-MIM be-NEI sha-NA u-PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD ve-EI-lim she-NAI-yim
- sentence
ve-hik-rav-TEM al-hal-LE-khem shiv-AT ke-va-SIM te-mi-MIM be-NEI sha-NA u-PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD ve-EI-lim she-NAI-yim yih-YU o-LAH la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-KEE-HEM ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The series shivʿat kevashim temimim bnei shanah {שִׁבְעַ֨ת כְּבָשִׂים֤ תְּמִימִם֙ בְּנֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה | šiv·ʿat ke·va·šim tem·i·mim bnei sha·nâ} ‘seven lambs, without blemish, one year old’ uses successive construct and adjective phrases to encode number, quality, and age.
In context — Leviticus 23:18
And you shall bring near with the bread seven lambs without blemish one year old, one young bull, and two rams; these shall be a burnt offering to the LORD , with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 23:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֔ה (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 Lev.23.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.18.W7.S1) and character.