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שנה

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-h)

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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שָׁנָה (shanáf (dual indefinite שנתיים / שְׁנָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׁנִים, singular construct שְׁנַת־, plural construct שְׁנוֹת־ or שְׁנֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. A year: the time period representing one revolution of the Earth around the Sun.
    אורכה של שנה הוא כשתים עשרה חודשים.orkáh shel shaná hu kishtém 'esré khodashím.The length of a year is twelve months.
    • Tanach, Genesis 14:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָרָֽדוּ׃
      Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
  2. (astronomy) A year: the corresponding time period for a different planet.
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Etymology 2

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Root
שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-h)

From the root שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-h) related to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܬ ܢ ܐ (t n ˀ) and Arabic ث ن ي (ṯ n y) from Aramaic תְּנָא (tənā); cognate to Arabic ثَنَى (ṯanā) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܬܢܐ (tnā).[1]

Verb

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שָׁנָה (shaná) (pa'al construction)

  1. To repeat: to do something an additional time.
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Verb

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שִׁנָּה (shiná) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שינה

Verb

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שֻׁנָּה (shuna) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of שונה

References

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  1. ^ HFW Gesenius (1800) “H8138”, in SP Tregelles, transl., Gesenius's Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon[1]

Etymology 3

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Noun

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שֵׁנָה (sheináf (plural indefinite שֵׁנוֹת, singular construct שְׁנַת־, plural construct שְׁנוֹת־)

  1. defective spelling of שינה.