Year
 
 Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" Ge 1:14 5:3 Among
 the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty
 days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of
 the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways,
  1. according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about
     the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and
  2. according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the
     time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan. The month
     Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year.