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title: שׁנה — sleep · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שׁנה (lemma:שׁנה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 21 times: sleep. BDB 1906: n.f. sleep. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁנה

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«שׁנה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **sleep** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 21 times · **Key:** lemma:שׁנה · **BDB:** שְׁנָה

### Glosses

change (3); they.were.changed (2); \[is\].changing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c1_5e0_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c1_5e0_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sleep (𝔗 Syriac);—sf. שִׁנְּתֵהּ (K§ 12 d)), var. שִׁנְתֵּהּ Dn 6:19.—i. \[שְׁנָה\] v. \[שְׁנָא\].

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁנה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c1_5e0_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/)

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וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and four beasts great \[were\].coming.up from the sea \[they.were\].different this.\[one\] from this.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

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[Daniel 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.9/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃

*Word for word:* then the king Belshazzar exceedingly \[was\].alarmed and brightness(es) his \[were\].changing on him and nobles his \[were\].dumbfounded

*JPS 1917:* Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

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