שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים
Six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth · a year (as a revolution of time)
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שֵׁשׁ H8337 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
שָׁנֶה H8141 a year (as a revolution of time)
What does שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים (shesh shanim) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · שָׁנֶה is a Hebrew word meaning "six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth".
Full entry for שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים (H8337, H8141) · Browse the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
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