Lexical Summary shen: tooth, ivory Original Word: שֵׁןTransliteration: shen Phonetic Spelling: (shane) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: tooth, ivory Meaning: a tooth, ivory, a cliff Strong's Concordance crag, forefront, ivory, sharp, tooth From shanan; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for shenhabbiym) ivory; figuratively, a cliff -- crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth. see HEBREW shanan see HEBREW shenhabbiym Brown-Driver-Briggs H8127. shen I. שֵׁן noun feminine1 Samuel 2:13 (yet masculine 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — ׳שׁ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct 21:27 +, ׳שֶׁן Deuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּם Exodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִם Proverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּי Jeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶם Psalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ 58:7, etc.; — 1 tooth: a. of man, Exodus 21:27 (3 t. in verse) (E), Numbers 11:33 (J), Genesis 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Song of Solomon 4:2; 6:6, ׳שׁ רֹעָה Proverbs 25:19, see II. רעע 2; of lex talionis, ׳שׁ שׁ ׳תַּחַת Exodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), בְּשׁ ׳שֵׁן Deuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29-30, Ezekiel 18:2; שׁ ׳חָרַק Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; 112:10, see חָרַק; בְשִׁנָּ֑י בְשָׂרִי אֶשָּׂא Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה, dittograph; "" נַפְשִׁי מִּי בְּכַּ אָשִׂים); שִׁנָּ֑י בְּעוֺר 19:20, see מָלַט Hithpa`el (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du). b. of beasts : Deuteronomy 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Micah 3:5, of foes Zechariah 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked 4:10; Psalm 3:8; 58:7; 124:6; of their weapons Proverbs 30:14; Psalm 57:5; of Israel shattered by ׳י. c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1 Samuel 2:13 (compare DrSm. 291); of cliff, הַסֶּלַע שֵׁן14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן 1 Samuel 14:5. 2 ivory, of commerce, שֵׁן קַרְנוֺת Ezekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, שׁ ׳מִטּוֺת Amos 6:4, ׳כִּסֵּאשֿׁ 1 Kings 10:18 2 Chronicles 9:17, הַשּׁ ׳בֵּית 1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, שׁ ׳הֵיכְלֵי Psalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Song of Solomon 5:15; 7:5. שׁנן (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [שָׁנַן], שֵׁן). |
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