Genesis 11:21:7Gen.11.21.W7PAT

שָׁנִ֖ים

shanim

years

Transliteration
sha-NIM
Extended
shah-NEEM
IPA
/ʃaː.ˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
years
French
ans
Spanish
años
Portuguese
anos
German
Jahre
Russian
лет
Arabic-Simplified
سنين
Hindi
वर्ष
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
tahun
Bengali
বছর
Tagalog
taon
Swahili
miaka
Amharic
ዓመታት
Yoruba
ọdún
Igbo
afọ
Twi
mfie
Ewe
ƒe

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Result
שָׁ + נִ֖ים
sha + nim
shanim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-NIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SHE-va sha-NIM

  3. clause

    va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT

In contextGenesis 11:21

after he fathered Serug Reu lived seven years and two hundred year he fathered sons and daughters

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 11:21, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֖ים (shanim) 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 Gen.11.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.21.W7.S1) and character.