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