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title: סְנֶה — blackberry bush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְנֶה (5572), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: blackberry bush. BDB 1906: n.m. black-berry bush. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְנֶה

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«סְנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blackberry bush** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5572 · **BDB:** סְנֶה

### Glosses

bush (3); the.bush (2); (of).\[the\].bush (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blackberry bush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5572/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. black-berry bush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5572/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 3:2 a thorny bush, perhaps black-berry bush (cf. LöwNo. 219; rubus fruticosus Linn.; Aramaic סַנְיָא, ܣܰܢܝܳܐ thorn-bush, Assyrian sinû, Meissner ZA vi. 293 blackberry bush (M. thinks Aramaic ס׳ loan-word from this); Arabic سَنًا senna, Lane 1449);—abs. ס׳ Ex 3:2(×2), 4, סְנֶ֑ה v 2, 3 (all E) Dt 33:16 (akin to E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5572/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.3/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אָסֻֽרָה־נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶ֥ה הַגָּדֹ֖ל הַזֶּ֑ה מַדּ֖וּעַ לֹא־יִבְעַ֥ר הַסְּנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Moses I.will.turn.aside please so that.I.may.see (et) the sight (the) great (the) this why? not is.it.burning the bush

*JPS 1917:* And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'

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[Deuteronomy 33:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.16/)

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וּמִמֶּ֗גֶד אֶ֚רֶץ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ וּרְצ֥וֹן שֹׁכְנִ֖י סְנֶ֑ה תָּב֙וֹאתָה֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ יוֹסֵ֔ף וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד נְזִ֥יר אֶחָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and from.\[the\] excellent.gift of.\[the\].earth and what fills.it and.\[the\] favor of.\[the.one.who\].dwelt (of).\[the\].bush may it.come to the.head of.Joseph and to the.crown.of.the.head of.the.consecrated.one his.brothers his

*JPS 1917:* And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.

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