שנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

Pronunciation

Noun

שָׁנָה • (shaná) f (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.
Declension
Declension of שָׁנָה
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite שָׁנָה first שְׁנָתִי‎שְׁנָתֵנוּ‎
definite הַשָּׁנָה‎ second שְׁנָתְךָ‎שְׁנָתֵךְ‎שְׁנַתְכֶם‎שְׁנַתְכֶן‎
construct שְׁנַת־‎ third שְׁנָתוֹ‎שְׁנָתָהּ‎שְׁנָתָם‎שְׁנָתָן‎
pluralindefinite שָׁנִים‎ first שנותיי / שְׁנוֹתַי‎שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ‎
definite הַשָּׁנִים‎ second שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ‎שנותייך / שְׁנוֹתַיִךְ‎שְׁנוֹתֵיכֶם‎שְׁנוֹתֵיכֶן‎
construct שְׁנוֹת־‎ third שְׁנוֹתָיו‎שְׁנוֹתֶיהָ‎שְׁנוֹתָם‎שְׁנוֹתָן‎
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Root
שׁ־נ־ה‎ (š-n-h)

From the root שׁ־נ־ה‎ (sh-n-).

Verb

שָׁנָה • (shaná) (pa'al construction)

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

Verb

שִׁנָּה • (shiná) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שינה‎

Verb

שֻׁנָּה • (shuna) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of שונה‎

Noun

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

  1. defective spelling of שינה‎.
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