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title: שׁוּנִי — Shuni · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּנִי (7764), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shuni. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּנִי

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«שׁוּנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shuni** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7764 · **BDB:** שׁוּנִי

### Glosses

Shuni (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shuni [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7764/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7764/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Gad, Gn 46:16 Nu 26:15; Σαυν(ε)ις, Σουνει, Σωυνι. adj.gent. of 1, c. art. = n. coll. Nu 26:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7764/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 46:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.16/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י גָ֔ד צִפְי֥וֹן וְחַגִּ֖י שׁוּנִ֣י וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ן עֵרִ֥י וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖י וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Gad Zephon and Haggi Shuni and Ezbon Eri and Arodi and Areli

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

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[Numbers 26:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.15/)

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בְּנֵ֣י גָד֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לִצְפ֗וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַצְּפוֹנִ֔י לְחַגִּ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחַגִּ֑י לְשׁוּנִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשּׁוּנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Gad to clans their of Zephon the.clan of the.Zephonite\[s\] of Haggi the.clan of the.Haggite\[s\] of Shuni the.clan of the.Shunite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

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