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2 Kings 13:1

“In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.” (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: בִּ — preposition
שְׁנַ֨ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HR/Ncfsc
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.