Numbers 32:13:7Num.32.13.W7TAB

שָׁנָ֑ה

shana

years

Transliteration
sha-NA
Extended
shaa-NAH
IPA
/ʃaˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
years

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁ + נָ֑ה
sha + na
shana

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-NA

  2. clause

    va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-NI-am ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-NI-am ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-TOM kol-ha-DOR ha-o-SEH ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

Hebrew numeric syntax appears as the cardinal arbaʿim {אַרְבָּעִים | arbāʿîm} ‘forty’ preceding its unit shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’.

In contextNumbers 32:13

And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the entire generation who had done evil in the eyes of the LORD was finished.

About this coordinate

Numbers 32:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 32:13, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֑ה (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 Num.32.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.13.W7.S1) and character.