Leviticus 25:20:4Lev.25.20.W4TAB
בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה
bahshanah
“in the year”
- Transliteration
- bah-sha-NAH
- Extended
- bah-sha-NAA
- IPA
- /baʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
bah-sha-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH
- clause
ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH
- sentence
ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH HEN LO niz-RAA veh-LO ne-e-SOF et-teh-voo-ah-TEH-noo
Exegesis
The temporal expression ba-šānāh ha-šəvīʿîṯ {בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית | ba-šānāh ha-šəvīʿîṯ} ‘in the seventh year’ pairs preposition and definite noun with an ordinal adjective.
Root and etymology
sh-n-hshin-nun-heh
“year”
In context — Leviticus 25:20
And if you say, “What will we eat in the seventh year ?” Behold, we will not sow nor will we gather our produce .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 25:20, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (bahshanah) 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.25.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.20.W4.S1) and character.