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2 Kings 15:1

“In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.” (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.