שנה טובה

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Hebrew

Alternative forms

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”.

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Phrase

שָׁנָה טוֹבָה • (shaná tová)

  1. Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Noun

שָׁנָה טוֹבָה • (shaná tová) f

  1. a greeting card for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

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