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Hebrew
Etymology
Clipping of לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה תִּכָּתֵב (“may you be inscribed for a good year”), a phrase suggested in the Shulchan Arukh (Orach Chayim 582:9). The abbreviated form is equivalent to שָׁנָה (shaná, “year”) + טוֹבָה (tová, “good”), hence literally “good year”.
Pronunciation
Phrase
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה • (shaná tová)
- Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Noun
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה • (shaná tová) f
- a greeting card for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
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