Numbers 33:39:5Num.33.39.W5TAB
שָׁנָ֑ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- sha-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
ve-a-ha-RON ben-sha-LOSH ve-es-RIM u-me-AT sha-NA
- sentence
ve-a-ha-RON ben-sha-LOSH ve-es-RIM u-me-AT sha-NA be-mo-TO be-HOR ha-HAR
Exegesis
The Hebrew age formula ben-shalosh ve-esrim u-me’at shanah {בֶּן־שָׁלֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה | ben-šā-lōš wə-ʿe-srîm ū-mə-ʾat šā-nāh} follows the pattern units + tens + hundreds to specify Aaron’s full lifespan.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-nun-he
“year, cycle”
In context — Numbers 33:39
And Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old at his death on Mount Hor .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 33:39, 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.33.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.39.W5.S1) and character.