Shana tova (שנה טובה) means happy New Year in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה
shana tova
noun · feminine
In English
happy New Year
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shana tova.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1איחול הנאמר בתחילת השנה.
- 2עממיכרטיס ברכה הנשלח בתחילת השנה ועליו ברכות לשנה החדשה.
The word Shana tova is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁנָה טוֹבָה
- Written without vowel points
- שנה טובה
- Said
- shana tova
- Gematria
- 377
This is how Shana tova is said in other languages.
- English
- happy New Year
- Arabic
- كل عام وأنتم بخير, سنة حلوة
- Russian
- с новым годом
- French
- bonne année
- Spanish
- feliz año nuevo
- German
- frohes neues Jahr, guten Rutsch
These words come before and after Shana tova in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shana tova.
What does Shana tova (שנה טובה) mean in Hebrew?
Shana tova (שנה טובה) means happy New Year. It is said shana tova, with the stress on na.
Is Shana tova (שנה טובה) masculine or feminine?
The word Shana tova (שנה טובה) is a feminine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שנה טובה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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