שעה
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃaˈ(ʔ)a/
Noun
שָׁעָה • (sha'á) f (dual indefinite שעתיים \ שְׁעָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׁעוֹת, singular construct שְׁעַת־, plural construct שְׁעוֹת־)
- An hour: a period of time, defined variously (depending on time period, and on religious versus secular purposes), but currently usually sixty minutes.
- a. 217 CE, 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.
- a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Avot 2:3:
- The time.
- מה השעה?
- ma hasha'á?
- What time is it? (lit. what is the hour?)
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