שעה

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ע־ה (š-ʿ-h)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Aramaic שעתא (šāʿəṯā). Cognate with Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Noun

שָׁעָה • (sha'á) f (dual indefinite שעתיים / שְׁעָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׁעוֹת, singular construct שְׁעַת־, plural construct שְׁעוֹת־)

  1. hour: a period of time, defined variously (depending on time period, and on religious versus secular purposes), but currently usually sixty minutes.
    מָה הַשָּׁעָה? ― ma hasha'á? ― What time is it? (literally, “what is the hour?”)
  2. (by extension) time
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 2:3:
      הֱווּ זְהִירִין בָּרָשׁוּת, שֶׁאֵין מְקָרְבִין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא לְצֹרֶךְ עַצְמָן; נִרְאִין כְּאוֹהֲבִין בִּשְׁעַת הֲנָאָתָן, וְאֵין עוֹמְדִין לוֹ לָאָדָם בִּשְׁעַת דָּחֳקוֹ.
      hevú z'hirín barashút, she'ein m'kar'vín ló l'adám 'elá l'tsórekh 'atsmán; nir'ín k'ohavín bish'át hana'atán, v'ein 'om'dín ló la'adám bish'át dokhokó.
      Beware of government, for they befriend a man only for their own benefit; they act friendly when it benefits them, but they do not stand by a man in his time of need.


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Etymology 2

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Verb

שָׁעָה • (sha'á) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew or literary) To look, gaze at or about.
    • Tanach, 2 Samuel 22:42, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      יִשְׁעוּ וְאֵין מֹשִׁיעַ אֶל־יְהוָה וְלֹא עָנָֽם׃
      They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) To have respect.
    • Tanach, Genesis 4:5, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְאֶל־קַיִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָתֹו לֹא שָׁעָה […]
      But unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׁעָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁעִיתִי שָׁעִינוּ
second שָׁעִיתָ שָׁעִית שְׁעִיתֶם1 שְׁעִיתֶן1
third שָׁעָה שָׁעֲתָה שָׁעוּ
present שׁוֹעֶה שׁוֹעָה שׁוֹעִים שׁוֹעוֹת
future first אֶשְׁעֶה נִשְׁעֶה
second תִּשְׁעֶה תִּשְׁעִי תִּשְׁעוּ תִּשְׁעֶינָה2
third יִשְׁעֶה תִּשְׁעֶה יִשְׁעוּ תִּשְׁעֶינָה2
imperative שְׁעֵה שְׁעִי שְׁעוּ שְׁעֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁעִיתֶם and שָׁעִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Alternative forms

  • שאָ (sho) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁעָה.

Pronunciation

Noun

שעה • (sho) f, plural שעהן (shoen)

  1. hour

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