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title: שִׂטְנָה — accusation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂטְנָה (7855), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: accusation. BDB 1906: n.f. accusation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂטְנָה

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«שִׂטְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **accusation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7855 · **BDB:** שִׂטְנָה

### Glosses

an.accusation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

accusation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7855/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. accusation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7855/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. accusation;—Ezr 4:6.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂטְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7855/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.6/)

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וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת מַלְכוּת֑וֹ כָּתְב֣וּ שִׂטְנָ֔ה עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and in the.reign of.Ahasuerus at the.beginning his.reign his they.wrote an.accusation on the.inhabitants of.Judah and Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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