שָׁנָה

Strong’s Definition

to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to repeat, do again, change, alter
• 2.(qal) to change
• 3.(niphal) to be repeated
• 4.(piel) to change, alter
• 5.(hithpael) to disguise oneself

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shânâh; Pronunciation: shaw-naw'