שנה

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
שׁ־נ־ה(š-n-h)

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

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Noun[edit]

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.
    • c. 538–330 BCE, 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[edit]

Root
שׁ־נ־ה(š-n-h)

From the root שׁ־נ־ה(sh-n-).

Verb[edit]

שָׁנָה (shaná) (pa'al construction)

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

Verb[edit]

שִׁנָּה (shiná) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שינה

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שֻׁנָּה (shuna) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of שונה

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. defective spelling of שינה.