שָׁנָה
Meanings
Feminine noun
1. year (the time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun)
2. year (the time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body) (astronomy)
Pronunciation
shaná
Examples1199
אׇרְכָּהּ שֶׁל שָׁנָה הוּא שנים עשר חֳדָשִׁים.
The length of a year is twelve months.
לֹא רָאִיתִי אוֹתוֹ זֶה שָׁנִים.
I haven't seen him for years.
שָׁנִים שֶׁלֹּא רָאִיתִי אוֹתוֹ.
I haven't seen him for years.
שָׁנִים רָצִיתִי לַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת זֶה.
I've wanted to do this for years.
עוֹד לֹא הָיִיתִי בבּוֹסְטוֹן הַשָּׁנָה.
I haven't yet been to Boston this year.
הדינמיט הומצא בידי אלפרד נובל בשְׁנַת 1857.
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1857.