שנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *šan-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈna/

Noun

שָׁנָה • (shaná) f (dual indefinite שנתיים / שְׁנָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׁנִים, singular construct שְׁנַת־, plural construct שְׁנוֹת־ or שְׁנֵי־)

1. A year: the time period representing one revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

   אורכה של שנה הוא כשתים עשרה חודשים. ― The length of a year is twelve months.

   • c. 538–330 BCE
     Tanach, Genesis 14:4:

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     JPS

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     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.

Derived terms

• לוּחַ שָׁנָה (lúakh shaná)
• שְׁנַת אוֹר (sh'nát or)
• שְׁנַת חַמָּה (sh'nát khamá)
• שְׁנַת כְּסָפִים (sh'nát k'safím)
• שְׁנַת שְׁמִיטָה (sh'nát shmitá)
• שנת לימודים / שְׁנַת לִמּוּדִים (sh'nát limudím)
• שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן (sh'nát shabatón)
• שְׁנַת תָרָפָּפּוּ (sh'nát tarapapú)
• שְׁנָתִי (sh'natí)

See also

• אֶשְׁתָּקַד (eshtakád, “last year”)

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-h)

From the root שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-).

Verb

שָׁנָה • (shaná) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

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

Etymology 3

Noun

שֵׁנָה • (sheiná) f (plural indefinite שֵׁנוֹת, singular construct שְׁנַת־, plural construct שְׁנוֹת־)

1. defective spelling of שינה.