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title: שֵׁן — Shen · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁן (8129), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shen. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁן

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«שֵׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shen** — 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:** 8129 · **BDB:** שֵׁן³

### Glosses

Shen (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8129/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8129/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. הַשּׁ׳ 1 S 7:12, v. יְשָׁנָה p. 446a.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8129/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.7.12/)

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וַיִּקַּ֨ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶ֣בֶן אַחַ֗ת וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֵּֽין־הַמִּצְפָּה֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַשֵּׁ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ אֶ֣בֶנ הָעָ֑זֶר אֶ֣בֶנ הָעָ֑זֶר וַיֹּאמַ֕ר עַד־הֵ֖נָּה עֲזָרָ֥נוּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Samuel a.stone one and he.put.\[it\] between (the) Mizpah and between (the) Shen and he.called (et) name its Ebenezer Ebenezer and he.said until now he has.helped.us Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying: 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.'

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