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2 Chronicles 23:1

“And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.” (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
בַ — preposition with definite article
שָּׁנָ֨ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Rd/Ncfsa
Usage: Occurs 880 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:14 Genesis 5:3 Genesis 5:4 Genesis 5:5 Genesis 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.

Verse 2

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.