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title: שַׁאֲנָן — at ease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁאֲנָן (7600), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: at ease. BDB 1906: adj. at ease, secure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁאֲנָן

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«שַׁאֲנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 10 times · **Key:** 7600 · **BDB:** שַׁאֲנָן

### Glosses

undisturbed (2); your (2); O.carefree.\[women\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

at ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7600/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. at ease, secure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7600/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. at ease, secure (BaNB § 143 a Ges§ 84 b k);—abs. שׁ׳ Is 33:20; pl. שַׁאֲנַנִּים Am 6:1 +, שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת Is 32:9, 11, 18;— at ease, secure: נָוֶה שׁ׳ Is 33:20 secure habitation (of Jerus.), cf. מְנוּחוֹת שׁ׳ 32:18 (‖ מִבְטַחִים). as subst., one at ease, free from misfortune, Jb 12:5. at ease, with collat. idea of careless, wanton, arrogant, Am 6:1; Is 32:9, 11; Zc 1:15 ψ 123:4. as subst. abstr. = arrogance: sf. שַׁאֲנַנְךָ 2 K 19:28 (‖ הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ) = Is 37:29, but שְׁאוֹנְךָ thine uproar, BuZAW xii (1892), 36 Gr Che Marti Kit (perhaps), Bur. cf. שׁלאנן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁאֲנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7600/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.5/)

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לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃

*Word for word:* \[belongs\].to (the) disaster contempt to.\[the\] thought of.\[one\].at.ease a.push \[belongs\].to \[those.who.are\].slipping of.foot

*JPS 1917:* A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.

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[Isaiah 32:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.9/)

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נָשִׁים֙ שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת קֹ֖מְנָה שְׁמַ֣עְנָה קוֹלִ֑י בָּנוֹת֙ בֹּֽטח֔וֹת הַאְזֵ֖נָּה אִמְרָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* O.women carefree arise hear voice my O.daughters confident give.ear.to utterance my

*JPS 1917:* Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.

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