Leviticus 25:10:5Lev.25.10.W5TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- sha-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃa.ˈnaː/
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
- clause
ve-ki-dash-TEM ET she-NAT ha-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NA oo-kra-TEM deh-ROHR bah-AH-rets leh-KHOL-yosh-VE-hah
- sentence
ve-ki-dash-TEM ET she-NAT ha-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NA oo-kra-TEM deh-ROHR bah-AH-rets leh-KHOL-yosh-VE-hah yo-VEL HI tih-YEH la-KHEM ve-shav-TEM ISH el-a-khu-zah-TOH veh-ISH el-mish-pakh-TOH ta-shu-VU
Exegesis
Shenat ha-chamishim shanah {שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה | šən-āt ha-ḥa-mî-šīm šā-nāh} forms a construct chain to express “the fiftieth year.”
Root and etymology
Roots-n-h
“year”
In context — Leviticus 25:10
And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a Jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his property and to his family.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 25:10, 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.25.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.10.W5.S1) and character.