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Strong's #8141 - שָׁנָה
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1474) ns (סהנ ShN) AC: Sharp CO: Teeth AB: ?: The pictograph s is a picture of the teeth, the n is a picture of a seed representing continuance. Combined these mean "teeth continue". The two front teeth are sharp and used for cutting foods by pressing down. (eng: shine - from the whiteness of the teeth)
A) ns (סהנ ShN) AC: ? CO: Teeth AB: ?
Nm/f ) ns (סהנ ShN) - Teeth: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (58): teeth, tooth, ivory, sharp, crag, forefront - Strongs: H8127 (שֵׁן), H8128 (שֵׁן)
Nf1) ens (סהנה ShNH) - I. Y [df: ans] II. Sleep:[Unknown connection to rootHebrew and Aramaic] KJV (906): year, sleep - Strongs: H8141 (שָׁנָה), H8142 (שֵׁנָא), H8139 (שְׁנָה), H8140 (שְׁנָה)
fm) ins (סהני ShNY) - Scarlet: The color of the gums. KJV (42): scarlet, crimson - Strongs: H8144 (שָׁנִי)
B) nns (סהננ ShNN) AC: Sharp CO: ? AB: ?: From the sharpness of the front teeth.
V) nns (סהננ ShNN) - Sharpen: KJV (9): (vf: Paal, Piel) sharp, whet, sharpen, prick, teach - Strongs: H8150 (שָׁנַן)
bf1) enins (סהנינה ShNYNH) - Piercing: KJV (4): byword, taunt - Strongs: H8148 (שְׁנִינָה)
D) nas (סהאנ ShAN) AC: Rest CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]
V) nas (סהאנ ShAN) - Rest: To be in a state of rest. KJV (5): (vf: Piel) ease, quiet, rest - Strongs: H7599 (שָׁאַן)
mm) nnas (סהאננ ShANN) - Rest: KJV (10): ease, quiet, tumult - Strongs: H7600 (שַׁאֲנָן)
E) ans (סהנא ShNA) AC: ? CO: Two AB: ?: As a second thing.
V) ans (סהנא ShNA) - Change: To exchange one thing for another. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (24): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel, Participle) change, diverse, alter - Strongs: H8132 (שָׁנָא), H8133 (שְׁנָה)
emm) nanis (סהינאנ ShYNAN) - Twice: KJV (1): angel - Strongs: H8136 (שִׁנְאָן)
H) ens (סהנה ShNH) AC: ? CO: Two AB: ?: A repeating of the first or what was before.
V) ens (סהנה ShNH) - I. Change:To exchange one thing for another. II. Repeat:To do something a second time. KJV (23): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) change, second, again, diverse, alter, disguise, double, pervert, prefer, repeat - Strongs: H8138 (שָׁנָה)
Nm/f) ens (סהנה ShNH) - I. Two:In the sense of the changing seasons. [Hebrew and Aramaic; Written in the plural form mitsor nintin the Aramaic] [df: Myts]II. Sleep:[Unknown connection to rootHebrew and Aramaic] KJV (772): two, both, second, twain, twice, double - Strongs: H8147 (שְׁתַּיִם), H8578 (תִּנְיָן), H8648 (תַּרְתֵּין)
fm/f) ins (סהני ShNY) - Second: KJV (156): second, other, time, again, another, more, either - Strongs: H8145 (שֵׁנִי)
hm) ensm (מסהנה MShNH) - I. Double: II. Second:KJV (35): second, double, next, college, copy, twice, fatling - Strongs: H4932 (מִשְׁנֶה)
sf3) tfnins (סהנינות ShNYNWT) - Again: A second time. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): again - Strongs: H8579 (תִּנְיָנוּת)
L) nsi (יסהנ YShN) AC: ? CO: Previous AB: ?: What was before the second.
V) nsi (יסהנ YShN) - Sleep: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) sleep, remain, old - Strongs: H3462 (יָשֵׁן)
Nm) nsi (יסהנ YShN) - I. Previous: II. Sleep:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (16): old, sleep - Strongs: H3463 (יָשֵׁן), H3465 (יָשָׁן)
Nf2) tnsi (יסהנת YShNT) - Sleep: [Unknown connection to root;] [df: tns] KJV (1): sleep - Strongs: H8153 (שְׁנָת)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
9, בַּת
9; indefinite שָׁנִים Ezekiel 38:17 = for years, ׳לְקֵץ שׁ Daniel 11:6; זֶהיָֿמִים אוֺ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 Samuel 29:3; specifically בִּשְׁנַת מוֺת הַמֶּלֶח Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 14:28, בִּשְׁנַת בֹּא תַּרְתָּן Isaiah 20:1, שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 31:10, שְׁנַת הַיּוֺבֵל Leviticus 25:13 +, etc.; שְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 21:16 (see שָׂכִיר); שְׁנַת מְּקֻדָּתָם Jeremiah 11:23 2t.; ׳רָצוֺן לְי׳שׁ Isaiah 61:2, etc.; שְׁנוֺת דֹּרוָֿדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7, compare Joel 2:2; most often with cardinal numbers: plural after units, apposition, Exodus 21:2 +, so also שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנִים 2 Samuel 2:10 +, but dual שְׁנָתַיִם Amos 1:1 4t., שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Genesis 41:1 4t.; very rarely with number (certainly) construct שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים 1 Samuel 13:1 (corrupt), ׳שְׁלשׁ שׁ Leviticus 25:21; 8+ שָׁנָה 2 Kings 22:1; before unit (rare, late) 2 Chronicles 11:17 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:5; singular after 11-19, tens and hundreds Genesis 5:3,9; Genesis 14:4 + often; Song of Solomon 90 9 years Genesis 17:24 +, rarely 30 3 years 1 Kings 2:11, etc.; but אֶלֶף שָׁנִים Psalm 90:4 1000 years, so (+ מַּעֲמַיִם) Ecclesiastes 6:6 1000 years twice over; with compare number often repeated, 900 year30 year Genesis 5:5, etc.; 100 year70 year5 years Genesis 25:7, etc.; with cardinal number = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְ 1 Kings 22:41 in the fourth year of, etc., also בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה לְ 2 Kings 15:23, etc.; but לְ׳בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שׁ 2 Kings 18:13, etc. (often), and בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה 1 Kings 6:38, etc.; also (c. units), בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִת Leviticus 19:24 +, etc., + לְ 2 Kings 17:6 the ninth year of, etc.; and even (Ges§ 134 p) בִּשְׁנַתהַתְּשִׁיעִית לְ 2 Kings 25:1, compare Ezra 7:8; Jeremiah 46:2; Jeremiah 51:59 #NAME? Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 32:1 (Qr בַּשָּׁנָה).
II. שׁנה (√of following, meaning dubious; Thes compare Arabic shine, Ethiopic = be beautiful, Di251, compare Philippi ZAW xxxii (1878), 79; but Assyrian šinîtu is dyed cloth).
שָׁנָה fut. יִשְׁנֶה (once יִשְׁנֶא Lamentations 4:1).
(1) to repeat, to do the second time; Arab. ثنى; Syr. ܬܢܳܐ (comp. שְׁנַיִם two; שֵׁנִי second). Nehemiah 13:21, אִם תִּשְׁנוּ “if ye do (this) again;” 1 Kings 18:34. Followed by לְ 1 Samuel 26:8, “I will strike him once וְלֹא אֶשְׁנֶה לוֹ and I will not repeat to him,” sc. the blow, i.e. there shall be no need of another stroke. 2 Samuel 20:10 followed by בְּ Proverbs 26:11, “a fool שֹׁנֶה בְאִוַּלְתּוֹ who repeats (or goes on acting) in his folly.” Proverbs 17:9, שֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר “he who repeats in a matter,” i.e. who revives unpleasant things which should be forgotten.
(2) intrans., to be other, diverse from any thing; followed by מִן Esther 1:7, 3:8.
(3) to be changed; especially for the worse, Lam. loc. cit.; used of the mind. Malachi 3:6, “I, Jehovah, do not change.” Part. שֹׁנִים those who change opinion, changeable; used of unfaithful subjects, rebels, who sometimes take one side, sometimes another (compare Jeremiah 2:36), Proverbs 24:21.
Niphal, to be repeated (a dream), Genesis 41:32.
Piel, שִׁנָּה (once שִׁנָּא in the Chaldee form, 2 Kings 25:29).
(1) to change; garments, 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33 a promise, Psalms 89:35 justice (i.e. to violate), Proverbs 31:5 also to vary, i.e. often to change (a way), Jeremiah 2:36 to disfigure (the face), Job 14:20.
(2) to transfer to another place, Esther 2:9.
(3) שִׁנָה אֶת־טַעֲמוֹ to deform, i.e. to dissimulate his reason (er verleugnete feinen Verftand), i.e. to feign oneself mad, 1 Samuel 21:14; Psalms 34:1. Syr. ܫܰܢܺܝ ܛܥܡܐ and ellipt. ܫܢܐܳ is, to be mad.
Pual, to be changed (in a good sense), Ecclesiastes 8:1 where יְשֻׁנֶּא is for יְשֻׁנֶּה.
Hithpael, to change oneself, i.e. to change one’s garments, 1 Kings 14:2.
Derivatives, שִׁנְאָן, שָׁנָה, שְׁנַיִם, שֵׁנִי, מִשְׁנֶה.
II.
שָׁנָה i.q. Arab. سنى to shine, to be bright, whence שָׁנִי.
שָׁנָה pl. שָׁנִים const. שְׁנֵי, poet. שָׁנוֹת const. שְׁנוֹת f. a year (pr. an iteration, sc. of the course of the sun, or of the changes of seasons, as spring, summer, autumn, winter; compare the Lat. annus, which pr. denotes a circle, Gr. ἐνιαυτός, Arab. حَوْلُ a circle, a year). שָׁנָה שָׁנָה Deuteronomy 14:22 שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה Deuteronomy 15:20 מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה 1 Samuel 7:16, yearly. שְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם the second year, 2 Kings 14:1 שְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לאח׳ the fourth year of Ahab, 1 Kings 22:41. Sometimes שָׁנָה is repeated, as בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה in the six hundredth year, Genesis 7:11, pr. in the (last) year of six hundred years. Plur. שָׁנִים also denotes some years indefinitely, 2 Chronicles 18:2, compare יָמִים, some days. Trop. year is used or annual produce, Joel 2:25.
Dual שְׁנָתַיִם two years, Genesis 11:10 sometimes שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים pr. two years of time, see יָמִים No. 2,, p. 342, A.