Strong's Lexicon

H8141

H8141 — שָׁנֶה שָׁנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshanehnoun femOccurrences: 879TWOT: 2419a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8141
Word:שָׁנֶה שָׁנָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H8138
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:879
Transliteration:shaneh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shaw-neh' ((in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV Renderings:+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).

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שָׁנָה877 noun feminine (on apparent exception see AlbrZAW 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 Deut 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).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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