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title: שְׁכַנְיָה — Shecaniah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁכַנְיָה (7935), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Shecaniah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁכַנְיָה

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«שְׁכַנְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shecaniah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7935 · **BDB:** שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

of.Shecaniah (5); Shecaniah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shecaniah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7935/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7935/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath taken up his abode);—שְׁבַנְיָה, Σεχενια(ς), etc.: descendant of Jehoiakin 1 Ch 3:21, 22 (on context v. Kit), Ezr 8:3, 5. Ezr 10:2 (diff. from 1?). father of a wall-builder Ne 3:29. father-in-law of Tobiah Ne 6:18. priestly name: Ne 12:3 = שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 1 Ch 24:11, cf. שְׁכַנְיָה 3 Ne 10:5; 12:14. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 2 Ch 31:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁכַנְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7935/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.3/)

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שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה רְחֻ֖ם מְרֵמֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* Shecaniah Rehum Meremoth

*JPS 1917:* Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth;

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[Ezra 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.5/)

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מִבְּנֵ֥י שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־יַחֲזִיאֵ֑ל וְעִמּ֕וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* of the.descendants of.Shecaniah the.son of.Jahaziel and with him \[were\].three hundred(s) the males

*JPS 1917:* Of the sons of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.

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