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2 Chronicles 17:7

“Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben–hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁנֶהshâneh · shaw-neh'
H8141 · Hebrew
Definition
a year (as a revolution of time)
Derivation
(in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from H8138 (שָׁנָה);
KJV renderings
[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • בִ — preposition
  • שְׁנַ֨ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HC/R/Ncfsc
Usage
Occurs 880 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:14Genesis 5:3Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:5Genesis 5:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁנֶה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.