Lexical Summary shanan: to whet, sharpen Original Word: שָׁנַןTransliteration: shanan Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-nan') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to whet, sharpen Meaning: to point, to pierce, to inculcate Strong's Concordance prick, sharpen, teach diligently, whet A primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate -- prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet. Brown-Driver-Briggs H8150. shanan [שָׁנַן] verb whet, sharpen (compare Arabic id.; Aramaic שְׁנִינָא, sharp, etc.; Ethiopic [] III, 2, contend, litigate; hence שֵׁן tooth, Late Hebrew id., Assyrian šinnu, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic שִׁנָּא, ); — Qal whet, sharpen: Perfect1singular חַרְבִּי בְּרַק שַׁנּוֺתִ֫י אִם (Ges§ 67ee) Deuteronomy 32:41, of ׳יs preparation for judgment; 3 plural (כַחֶרֶב) לְשׁוֺנָם שָֽׁנְנוּ Psalm 64:4; 140:4 of uttering sharp words; Passive participle שְׁנוּנִים sharpened, of arrows, Isaiah 5:28; Psalm 45:6, figurative of tongue 120:4, of false witness Proverbs 25:18. Pi`el Perfect consecutive לְבָנֶיךָ וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם Deuteronomy 6:7 i.e. teach the words incisively, German 'einschärfen.' Hithpo`el Imperfect1singular Psalm 73:21 in my kidneys אֶשְׁתּוֺנָ֑ן I was pierced (of poignant envy). |
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