Leviticus 25:30:5Lev.25.30.W5TAB
שָׁנָ֣ה
shana
“a year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃa.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
sha-NA te-MEE-MAH
- clause
ve-IM lo-yi-ga-EL ad-me-LOT LO sha-NA te-MEE-MAH ve-KAM ha-BA-yit a-SHER-ba-IR a-SHER-lo LO kho-MA la-tse-mi-TOOT la-ko-NE o-TO le-do-ro-TAIYV
- sentence
ve-IM lo-yi-ga-EL ad-me-LOT LO sha-NA te-MEE-MAH ve-KAM ha-BA-yit a-SHER-ba-IR a-SHER-lo LO kho-MA la-tse-mi-TOOT la-ko-NE o-TO le-do-ro-TAIYV LO ye-TSE ba-yo-VEL
Exegesis
The temporal expression ad-melot {עַד־מְלֹאת | ʿad-mə-lōʾāṯ} plus shanah temimah {שָׁנָה תְמִימָה | šā-nāh tə-mîm-māh} fixes a one-year period.
Root and etymology
Roots-n-h
“year”
In context — Leviticus 25:30
And if the house is not redeemed before a full year has elapsed for its owner, then the house in the walled city shall be established permanently for the buyer and his generations, and it shall not be released in the Jubilee .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 25:30, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֣ה (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.25.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.30.W5.S1) and character.