שָׁנָה 877 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 +
2 times; dual
שְׁנָתַיִם Amos 1:1 +,
תָ֑יִם -
1 Kings 15:25 +; plural
שָׁנִים Exodus 21:2 +, construct
שְׁנֵי Genesis 23:1 +
24 times,
שְׁנוֺת Deuteronomy 32:7 +
8 times (in poetry and late); suffix
שְׁנָיו Leviticus 25:52 +
4 times suffix;
שְׁנוֺתַי Isaiah 38:15;
Psalm 31:11,
שְׁנוֺתָם Psalm 78:33 +
8 times suffix; —
year, as division of time,
Exodus 23:14,
17 +
3 times בַּשָּׁנָה +, etc.;
רֵשִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 11:12, opposed to
אַחֲרִית הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 11:12,
צֵאת הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 23:16,
תְּקוּפַת הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 34:22;
2 Chronicles 24:23,
תְּשׁוּבַת הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 11:1 +, etc.;
בָּא שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:20, read
כְּבֹא שׁ׳ 
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 9,
בַּת 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);
פְּקֻדָּתָם שְׁנַת Jeremiah 11:23 +
2 times;
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 +
4 times,
שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Genesis 41:1 +
4 times; 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)
2 Chronicles 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+9 years Genesis 17:24 +, rarely
30+3 years 1 Kings 2:11, etc.; but
אֶלֶף שָׁנִים Psalm 90:4 1000
years, so (+
פַּעֲמַיִם)
Ecclesiastes 6:6 1000 years twice over; with compare number often repeated, 900
year+ 30
year Genesis 5:5, etc.; 100
year +70
year +5
years 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 (with 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 —
Jeremiah 28:1;
Jeremiah 32:1 (Qr
בַּשָּׁנָה).
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