שעה

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שעה^¹

/ʃaˈ(ʔ)a/ Modern Israeli
[ʃɔːˈʕɔː]

Where it comes from

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

noun שָׁעָה · sha'á · שעתיים · שְׁעָתַיִם · שָׁעוֹת · שְׁעַת־

hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes)) מָה הַשָּׁעָה?
broadly time הֱווּ זְהִירִין בָּרָשׁוּת, שֶׁאֵין מְקָרְבִין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא לְצֹרֶךְ עַצְמָן; נִרְאִין כְּאוֹהֲבִין בִּשְׁעַת הֲנָאָתָן, וְאֵין עוֹמְדִין לוֹ לָאָדָם בִּשְׁעַת דׇּחֳקוֹ.

שעה^²

/ʃaˈ(ʔ)a/ Modern Israeli
[ʃɔːˈʕɔː]

verb שָׁעָה · sha'á · לִשְׁעוֹת · - · שָׁעִיתִי

Biblical, construction pa'al, literary To look, gaze at or about. יִשְׁעוּ וְאֵין מֹשִׁיעַ אֶל־יְהוָה וְלֹא עָנָֽם׃
Biblical, construction pa'al To have respect. וְאֶל־קַיִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָתוֹ לֹא שָׁעָה[…]

In English

hour time period of sixty minutes
time division of the day: particular moment or hour — see also hour, moment, schedule

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"שעה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%94. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

שעה. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%94

Chicago

"שעה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%94.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שעה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

שעה