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title: שְׁנָה — year · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁנָה (lemma:שְׁנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 8 times: year. BDB 1906: n.f. year. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁנָה

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«שְׁנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **year** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁנָה · **BDB:** שְׁנָה²

### Glosses

year (4); \[was\].year (1); of.years (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

year [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. year [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. year (v. BH שָׁנָה, √ I. \[שָׁנָה\]);—cstr. שְׁנַת: שׁ׳ חֲדָה = first year Ezr 5:13; 6:3 Dn 7:1; שׁ׳ תַּרְתֵּין Ezr 4:24 second year; שׁ׳ שֵׁת 6:15; pl. שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְת׳ Dn 6:1 62 years; שׁ׳ שַׂגִּיאָן Ezr 5:11.—ii. \[שְׁנָה\] v. ישׁן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.1/)

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וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔אקַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃

*Word for word:* and Darius the Mede he.received the kingdom about a.son of.years sixty and two

*JPS 1917:* And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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[Ezra 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.15/)

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וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was.finished the house this until day three of the.month of.Adar which it \[was\].year six of the.reign of.Darius the king

*JPS 1917:* And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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