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title: שָׁאַן — be at ease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאַן (7599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be at ease. BDB 1906: vb. Paʿl. be at ease at peace, rest securely. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאַן

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«שָׁאַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be at ease** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7599 · **BDB:** שָׁאַן

### Glosses

he.will.be.at.ease (3); it.has.been.at.ease (1); they.are.at.ease (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be at ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Paʿl. be at ease at peace, rest securely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Paʿl. (Ges§ 55d) be at ease or at peace, rest securely (Syriac ܫܰܝܶܢ pacify, ܫܰܝܢܳܐ, Ethiopic ስንእ; peace);—Pf. 3 ms. שַׁאֲנַן Je 48:11, וְשׁ׳ consec. 30:10 +; 3 pl. שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ Jb 3:18;—be at ease, secure, undisturbed by ill fortune: וְשָׁקַט וְשׁ׳ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד Je 30:10 = 46:27; 48:11 (of Moab); שׁ׳ מִפַּחַד רָעָה Pr 1:33; of rest from trouble, etc., in grave Jb 3:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.18/)

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יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

*Word for word:* together prisoners they.are.at.ease not they.hear \[the\].voice of.a.taskmaster

*JPS 1917:* There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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[Proverbs 1:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.33/)

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וְשֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֭י יִשְׁכָּן־בֶּ֑טַח וְ֝שַׁאֲנַ֗ן מִפַּ֥חַד רָעָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[one.who\].listens to me he.will.dwell security and he.will.be.at.ease from dread of.trouble

*JPS 1917:* But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'

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