H8141. shanah

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 78:33 8t. suffix; — year, as division of time, Exodus 23:14, 17 3t. בַּשָּׁנָה‎ +, etc.; הַשּׁ ׳רֵשִׁית‎ Deuteronomy 11:12, opposed to הַשּׁ ׳אַחֲרִית‎ 11:12, הַשּׁ ׳צֵאת‎ Exodus 23:16, הַשּׁ ׳תְּקוּפַת‎ 34:22; 2 Chronicles 24:23, הַשּׁ ׳תְּשׁוּבַת‎ 2 Samuel 11:1 +, etc.; שָׁנָה בָּא‎ 2 Kings 13:20, read ᵐ5 שׁ ׳כְּבֹא‎ Bur, שׁ ׳בארץ ׳בְשׁ‎ Kit, compare ׳שׁ ׳בְשׁ‎ = year by year 1 Samuel 1:7 +; בַּשָּׁנָה‎ Benz, compare Nehemiah 10:33; so ׳שׁ ׳שׁ‎ Deuteronomy 14:22, ׳שׁ שׁ ׳אַחֲרֵי‎ 2 Samuel 21:1, ׳בְּכָלשֿׁ ׳וְשׁ‎ Esther 9:21, 27; especially of duration of life; פ חַיֵּי שְׁנֵי ׳(יְמֵי)‎ Genesis 23:1; 25:7 + (P); שְׁנֵיהֶם‎ Job 36:11 +, שְׁנוֺתַי‎ Psalm 31:11 ("" חַיַּי‎), etc.; of God Job 10:5; Psalm 102:25; 102:28; in phrase of age, see בֵּן‎

9, בַּת‎

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