שעה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ע־ה (sh-ʿ-h)
4 terms

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. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (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, section 2.3:
      הֱווּ זְהִירִין בָּרָשׁוּת, שֶׁאֵין מְקָרְבִין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא לְצֹרֶךְ עַצְמָן; נִרְאִין כְּאוֹהֲבִין בִּשְׁעַת הֲנָאָתָן, וְאֵין עוֹמְדִין לוֹ לָאָדָם בִּשְׁעַת דׇּחֳקוֹ.
      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.
Derived terms
  • השעות הקטנות (hasha'ót hak'tanót)
  • שָׁעוֹן (sha'ón)
See also
Further reading

Etymology 2

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Verb

שָׁעָה • (sha'á) (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־מִנְחָתוֹ 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 to-infinitive לִשְׁעוֹת
action noun —
passive participle —
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

1 Pronounced שָׁעִיתֶם and שָׁעִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • שאָ (sho) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁעָה.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ʃɔ/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ʃʊ/, [ʃu]

Noun

שעה • (sho) f, plural שעהן (shoen)

  1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

Derived terms

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