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title: שְׂנָא — hate · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׂנָא (lemma:שְׂנָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: hate. BDB 1906: vb. hate. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂנָא

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«שְׂנָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **hate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׂנָא · **BDB:** שְׂנָא

### Glosses

enemy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5e0_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5e0_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hate (𝔗 סְנָא, Syriac ܣܢܳܐ; v. BH שָׂנֵא);— Pt. pl. sf. שׂנאיך Kt, שָֽׂנְאָךְ Qr (K§ 53, 2, Anm. b)) Dn 4:16 = thy foes (BH 3, MI4 Sab).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂנָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5e0_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.16/)

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אֱדַ֨יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֜אל דִּֽי־שְׁמֵ֣הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם֙ כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה וְרַעְיֹנֹ֖הִי יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֗ר בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ חֶלְמָ֤א וּפִשְׁרֵא֙ אַֽל־יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְ עָנֵ֤ה בֵלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מָרִ֕י חֶלְמָ֥א לְשָֽׂנְאָ֖ךְ וּפִשְׁרֵ֥הּ לְעָרָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar he.was.appalled about a.moment one and thoughts his they alarmed.him \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying O.Belteshazzar the dream and its interpretation not let it.alarm.you \[was\].replying Belteshazzar and.\[was\] saying O my.lord the dream \[be\].for enemy your and interpretation its \[be\].for adversaries your

*JPS 1917:* Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while, and his thoughts affrighted him. The king spoke and said: 'Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, affright thee.' Belteshazzar answered and said: 'My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.

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