Lexical Definition

‎שָׁנֶה‎ shâneh (shaw-neh') year ^H:N-F
(in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה shânâh (shaw-naw'); from ‎שָׁנָה‎

[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

• a year (as a revolution of time)

1) year
1a) as division of time
1b) as measure of time
1c) as indication of age
1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

See Greek: βίος · ἐνιαυτός · ἔτος · ἔτος · καιρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁנָה‎₈₇₇ noun feminine (on apparent exception see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 46}) year (etymology see √); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Amos 2:10 +; construct ‎שְׁנַת‎ Gen 41:50 +; suffix ‎שְׁנָתוֺ‎ Ezek 46:13 +, ‎שְׁנָתָהּ‎ Lev 14:10 + 2 t.; dual ‎שְׁנָתַיִם‎ Amos 1:1 +, ‎תָ֑יִם‎- 1Kgs 15:25 +; plural ‎שָׁנִים‎ Exod 21:2 +, construct ‎שְׁנֵי‎ Gen 23:1 + 24 t., ‎שְׁנוֺת‎ Deut 32:7 + 8 t. (in poetry and late); suffix ‎שְׁנָיו‎ Lev 25:52 + 4 t. suffix; ‎שְׁנוֺתַי‎ Isa 38:15; Ps 31:11*, ‎שְׁנוֺתָם‎ Ps 78:33 + 8 t. suffix; — year, as division of time, Exod 23:14; Exod 23:17 3 t. ‎בַּשָּׁנָה‎ +, etc.; ‎׳‎‎רֵשִׁית הַשּׁ‎ Deut 11:12, opposed to ‎׳‎‎אַחֲרִית הַשּׁ‎ vDeut 11:12, ‎׳‎‎צֵאת הַשּׁ‎ Exod 23:16, ‎׳‎‎תְּקוּפַת הַשּׁ‎ Exod 34:22; 2Chr 24:23, ‎׳‎‎תְּשׁוּבַת הַשּׁ‎ 2Sam 11:1 +, etc.; ‎בָּא שָׁנָה‎ 2Kgs 13:20, read ‎׳‎‎כְּבֹא שׁ‎ ᵐ5 Bur, ‎׳‎‎בְשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בארץ שׁ‎ Kit, compare ‎׳‎‎בְשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ = year by year 1Sam 1:7 +; ‎בַּשָּׁנָה‎ Benz, compare Neh 10:33* so ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Deut 14:22, ‎׳‎‎אַחֲרֵי שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 2Sam 21:1, ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּכָלשֿׁ‎ Esth 9:21; Esth 9:27 especially of duration of life; ‎׳‎‎(יְמֵי) שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי פ‎ Gen 23:1; Gen 25:7 + (P); ‎שְׁנֵיהֶם‎ Job 36:11 +, ‎שְׁנוֺתַי‎ Ps 31:11* (|| ‎חַיַּי‎), etc.; of God Job 10:5; Ps 102:25*; Ps 102:28* in phrase of age, see ‎בֵּן‎ 9, ‎בַּת‎ 9; indefinite ‎שָׁנִים‎ Ezek 38:17 = for years, ‎׳‎‎לְקֵץ שׁ‎ Dan 11:6 ‎זֶהיָֿמִים אוֺ זֶה שָׁנִים‎ 1Sam 29:3 specifically ‎בִּשְׁנַת מוֺת הַמֶּלֶח‎ Isa 6:1; Isa 14:28, ‎בִּשְׁנַת בֹּא תַּרְתָּן‎ Isa 20:1, ‎שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה‎ Deut 15:9; Deut 31:10, ‎שְׁנַת הַיּוֺבֵל‎ Lev 25:13 +, etc.; ‎שְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר‎ Isa 16:14; Isa 21:16 (see ‎שָׂכִיר‎); ‎שְׁנַת פְּקֻדָּתָם‎ Jer 11:23 + 2 t.; ‎׳‎‎רָצוֺן לְי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 61:2, etc.; ‎שְׁנוֺת דֹּרוָֿדֹר‎ Deut 32:7, compare Joel 2:2 most often with cardinal numbers: plural after units, apposition, Exod 21:2 +, so also ‎שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנִים‎ 2Sam 2:10 +, but dual ‎שְׁנָתַיִם‎ Amos 1:1 + 4 t., ‎שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים‎ Gen 41:1 + 4 t.; very rarely with number (certainly) construct ‎שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים‎ 1Sam 13:1 (corrupt), ‎׳‎‎שְׁלשׁ שׁ‎ Lev 25:21 8 + ‎שָׁנָה‎ 2Kgs 22:1 before unit (rare, late) 2Chr 11:17 (twice in verse); Dan 1:5 singular after 11-19, tens and hundreds Gen 5:3; Gen 5:9; Gen 14:4 + often; so 90 + 9 years Gen 17:24 +, rarely 30 + 3 years 1Kgs 2:11, etc.; but ‎אֶלֶף שָׁנִים‎ Ps 90:4 1000 years, so (+ ‎פַּעֲמַיִם‎) Eccl 6:6 1000 years twice over; with compare number often repeated, 900 year + 30 year Gen 5:5, etc.; 100 year + 70 year + 5 years Gen 25:7, etc.; with cardinal number = ordinal, ‎בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְ‎ 1Kgs 22:41 in the fourth year of, etc., also ‎בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה לְ‎ 2Kgs 15:23, etc.; but ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שׁ‎ 2Kgs 18:13, etc. (often), and ‎בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה‎ 1Kgs 6:38, etc.; also (c. units), ‎בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִת‎ Lev 19:24 +, etc., + ‎לְ‎ 2Kgs 17:6 the ninth year of, etc.; and even (Ges^{«GKC:134p»§ 134p}) ‎בִּשְׁנַת‎ ‎הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְ‎ 2Kgs 25:1, compare Ezra 7:8; Jer 46:2; Jer 51:59 + (Kt) Jer 28:1; Jer 32:1 (Qr ‎בַּשָּׁנָה‎).

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