שָׁנָה₈₇₇ noun feminine (on apparent exception see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 46}) year (etymology see √); — absolute ׳שׁ Amos 2:10 +; construct שְׁנַת Genesis 41:50 +; suffix שְׁנָתוֺ Ezekiel 46:13 +, שְׁנָתָהּ Leviticus 14:10 2t.; dual שְׁנָתַיִם Amos 1:1 +, תָ֑יִם- 1 Kings 15:25 +; plural שָׁנִים Exodus 21:2 +, construct שְׁנֵי Genesis 23:1 24t., שְׁנוֺת Deuteronomy 32:7 8t. (in poetry and late); suffix שְׁנָיו Leviticus 25:52 4t. suffix; שְׁנוֺתַי Isaiah 38:15; Psalm 31:11, שְׁנוֺתָם Psalm 78:33 8t. suffix; — year, as division of time, Exodus 23:14,17 3t. בַּשָּׁנָה +, etc.; ׳רֵשִׁית הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 11:12, opposed to ׳אַחֲרִית הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 11:12, ׳צֵאת הַשּׁ Exodus 23:16, ׳תְּקוּפַת הַשּׁ Exodus 34:22; 2Chronicles 24:23, ׳תְּשׁוּבַת הַשּׁ 2 Samuel 11:1 +, etc.; בָּא שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:20, read ׳כְּבֹא שׁ ᵐ5 Bur, ׳בְשׁ ׳בארץ שׁ Kit, compare ׳בְשׁ ׳שׁ = year by year 1 Samuel 1:7 +; בַּשָּׁנָה Benz, compare Nehemiah 10:33; so ׳שׁ ׳שׁ Deuteronomy 14:22, ׳אַחֲרֵי שׁ ׳שׁ 2 Samuel 21:1, ׳וְשׁ ׳בְּכָלשֿׁ Esther 9:21,27; especially of duration of life; ׳(יְמֵי) שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי פ Genesis 23:1; Genesis 25:7 + (P); שְׁנֵיהֶם Job 36:11 +, שְׁנוֺתַי Psalm 31:11 ("" חַיַּי), etc.; of God Job 10:5; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 102:28; in phrase of age, see בֵּן

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9; indefinite שָׁנִים Ezekiel 38:17 = for years, ׳לְקֵץ שׁ Daniel 11:6; זֶהיָֿמִים אוֺ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 Samuel 29:3; specifically בִּשְׁנַת מוֺת הַמֶּלֶח Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 14:28, בִּשְׁנַת בֹּא תַּרְתָּן Isaiah 20:1, שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 31:10, שְׁנַת הַיּוֺבֵל Leviticus 25:13 +, etc.; שְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 21:16 (see שָׂכִיר); שְׁנַת מְּקֻדָּתָם Jeremiah 11:23 2t.; ׳רָצוֺן לְי ׳שׁ Isaiah 61:2, etc.; שְׁנוֺת דֹּרוָֿדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7, compare Joel 2:2; most often with cardinal numbers: plural after units, apposition, Exodus 21:2 +, so also שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנִים 2 Samuel 2:10 +, but dual שְׁנָתַיִם Amos 1:1 4t., שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Genesis 41:1 4t.; very rarely with number (certainly) construct שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים 1 Samuel 13:1 (corrupt), ׳שְׁלשׁ שׁ Leviticus 25:21; 8+ שָׁנָה 2 Kings 22:1; before unit (rare, late) 2Chronicles 11:17 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:5; singular after 11-19, tens and hundreds Genesis 5:3,9; Genesis 14:4 + often; so 90 9years Genesis 17:24 +, rarely 30 3years 1 Kings 2:11, etc.; but אֶלֶף שָׁנִים Psalm 90:4 1000years, so (+ מַּעֲמַיִם) Ecclesiastes 6:6 1000years twice over; with compare number often repeated, 900 year30year Genesis 5:5, etc.; 100year70year5years Genesis 25:7, etc.; with cardinal number = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְ 1 Kings 22:41 in the fourth year of, etc., also בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה לְ 2 Kings 15:23, etc.; but לְ ׳בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שׁ 2 Kings 18:13, etc. (often), and בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה 1 Kings 6:38, etc.; also (c. units), בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִת Leviticus 19:24 +, etc., + לְ 2 Kings 17:6 the ninth year of, etc.; and even (Ges^{§ 134p}) בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְ 2 Kings 25:1, compare Ezra 7:8; Jeremiah 46:2; Jeremiah 51:59 #NAME? Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 32:1 (Qr בַּשָּׁנָה).

II. שׁנה (√of following, meaning dubious; Thes compare Arabic shine, Ethiopic = be beautiful, Di²⁵¹, compare Philippi^{ZAW xxxii (1878), 79}; but Assyrian šinîtu is dyed cloth).