שָׁנָה

Year

sha-NAH

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About “Year” in Hebrew

The Jewish year follows a lunisolar calendar that is both ancient and sophisticated, with months based on the moon and periodic leap months to align with solar seasons. The current Hebrew year count begins from the traditional date of creation. Each year has a cyclical rhythm of holidays, Torah readings, and agricultural seasons that gives Jewish life its distinctive temporal structure.

Example

שָׁנָה חֲדָשָׁה, הַתְחָלָה חֲדָשָׁה.

A new year, a new beginning.

Gematria of “Year” (שנה)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word שנה (sha-NAH) has a gematria value of 355.

300ש+

50נ+

5ה

total355

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“Year” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “year”.

Amos 1:1עמוס 1:1

דברי עמוס אשר היה בנקדים מתקוע אשר חזה על ישראל בימי עזיה מלך יהודה ובימי ירבעם בן יואש מלך ישראל שנתים לפני הרעש

The words of Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa, who prophesied concerning Israel in the reigns of Kings Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 2:10עמוס 2:10

ואנכי העליתי אתכם מארץ מצרים ואולך אתכם במדבר ארבעים שנה לרשת את ארץ האמרי

And I Brought you up from the land of Egypt And led you through the wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite!

Amos 5:25עמוס 5:25

הזבחים ומנחה הגשתם לי במדבר ארבעים שנה בית ישראל

Did you offer sacrifice and oblation to Me Those forty years in the wilderness, O House of Israel?

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

This word starts with the Hebrew letter shin.