The meaning of “שָׁנֶה”
Understanding shâneh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה shânâh (shaw-naw'); from שָׁנָה [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([id...
שָׁנֶה
(in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה shânâh (shaw-naw'); from שָׁנָה [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly). - a year (as a revolution of time) 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:26 | “And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.” Word: שָׁנֶה (shâneh) | |
| Judges 10:2 | “And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.” Word: שָׁנֶה (shâneh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 23:24 | “These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.” Word: שָׁנֶה (shâneh) | |
| Psalms 90:4 | “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.” Word: שָׁנֶה (shâneh) | |
| Daniel 9:2 | “In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” Word: שָׁנֶה (shâneh) |
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