Numbers 4:3:7Num.4.3.W7TAB
שָׁנָ֑ה
shana
“years”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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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
ben-kha-mi-SHIM sha-NA
- clause
mi-BEN she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-MA-la ve-AD ben-kha-mi-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
mi-BEN she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-MA-la ve-AD ben-kha-mi-SHIM sha-NA kol-BA la-tsa-VA la-a-SOT me-la-KHA be-O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase mibben {מִבֶּן | mib-bēn} ‘from son’, introducing an age-range marker, followed by the numerical term sheloshim {שְׁלֹשִׁים | šəlōšîm} ‘thirty’ and the noun shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} ‘year’ to establish the lower bound.
The adverb va-maalah {וָמַעְלָה | vāmaʿālāh} ‘and upward’ extends the range, while the conjunction ve-ad {וְעַד | wəʿăd} ‘and until’ connects to the construct chain ben-chamishim {בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁים | ben-ḥammîšîm} ‘son of fifty’ plus shanah {שָׁנָה | šānāh} for the upper bound.
Root and etymology
ש-נ-ה
“year; cycle”
In context — Numbers 4:3
From thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, everyone who comes for the service to perform the work in the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 4:3, 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.4.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.3.W7.S1) and character.