שְׁנָה

Ezra 4:24 שְׁנַ֣ת year

Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Here: 'The year of', the first word of a date given by the king's year on the throne.

Ezra 5:11 שְׁנִ֣ין years

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Here: "Years". From Solomon's temple (10th century BC) to 520 BC is over four centuries.

Ezra 5:13 בִּשְׁנַ֣ת in year

In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Here: 'In (the) year of', a dating formula of the kind used in official records, pointing to a specific, checkable date.

Ezra 6:3 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת in year

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

Here: Opens a dating formula, the way Persian-era documents usually begin. The noun is joined to the words after it ('the year of…'), so the whole phrase is the date line of the memo.

Ezra 6:15 שְׁנַת־ [was] year

And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Here: 'Year of', joined to the number that follows, giving 'year six'. This matches the wording of official Persian-era dating formulas.

Daniel 5:31 שְׁנִ֖ין years

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

Here: 'Years,' completing the age phrase 'a son of … years.'

Daniel 7:1 בִּשְׁנַ֣ת in year

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

Here: 'In the year of', the standard opening of a dated entry, like a chronicle or royal record. It ties the vision to a fixed point in political time.