שָׁנָה
šānāh

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning year
Literal translation year
Variants
שָׁנָה šānāh
Edited by
year calendrical concept, time interval, unit of time

בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ וָאֶרְאֶ֧ה אֶת־אֲדֹנָ֛י יֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֖א רָ֣ם וְנִשָּׂ֑א וְשׁוּלָ֖יו מְלֵאִ֥ים אֶת־הַהֵיכָֽל׃

bišnat̲-môt̲ hammelek̲ ʿuzziyyāhû wāʾerʾeh ʾet̲-ʾăd̲ōnāi yōšēb̲ ʿal-kissēʾ rām wəniśśāʾ wəšûlāyw məlēʾîm ʾet̲-hahêk̲āl.

‘In the year that King Uzziah died, I beheld my Sovereign seated on a high and lofty throne; and the skirts of God’s robe filled the temple.’

— Isaiah 6 1

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שָׁנָה (Lemma #2572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שָׁנָה (Lemma #2572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שָׁנָה (Lemma #2572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) שָׁנָה (Lemma #2572), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2572,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {שָׁנָה ({Lemma} #2572)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2572/},
}