Shnat shmita (שנת שמיטה) means sabbatical year in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁנַת שְׁמִטָּה
shnat shmita
phrase
In English
sabbatical year
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shnat shmita.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1השנה השביעית במחזור של שבע שנים בה אין לעבוד בשדות החקלאיים בארץ ישראל, ויש להשאיר את הפרות על העץ לכל מי שמעוניין לקטוף אותם.
The word Shnat shmita is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁנַת שְׁמִטָּה
- Written without vowel points
- שנת שמיטה
- Said
- shnat shmita
- Gematria
- 1,114
This is how Shnat shmita is said in other languages.
- English
- sabbatical year
These words come before and after Shnat shmita in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shnat shmita.
What does Shnat shmita (שנת שמיטה) mean in Hebrew?
Shnat shmita (שנת שמיטה) means sabbatical year. It is said shnat shmita, with the stress on ta.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שנת שמיטה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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