sha.neh denotes an annual time unit used for ages, durations, recurring cycles, and dated events.

The supplied verses use the term for an annual unit of time: it measures a person's age, the length of a reign or project, an elapsed interval, a recurring schedule, and the numbered year in which an event occurs.

1. Annual unit for temporal measurement and dating · dominant

   The noun marks measured time in several concrete settings: rulers reign for stated periods in 1 Kings 14:20, Solomon's building work is located by numbered years and completed over seven years in 1 Kings 6:1 and 1 Kings 6:38, and a yearly recurrence frames the campaign in 1 Kings 20:22. It also measures age in 1 Chronicles 2:21 and a continuing interval without battle in 1 Kings 22:1; in Deuteronomy 32:7 the APB renders the clause "consider the years of many generations."

   1 Kings 14:201 Kings 6:11 Kings 6:381 Kings 20:221 Chronicles 2:21Deuteronomy 32:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the term through "year" or "years," including phrases such as "at the turn of the year," "year after year," and "in the third year." These renderings confirm the temporal setting of the clauses rather than assign a separate English equivalent to each form.