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title: שִׂנְאָה — hating · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂנְאָה (8135), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: hating. BDB 1906: n.f. hating, hatred. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂנְאָה

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«שִׂנְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hating** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 8135 · **BDB:** שִׂנְאָה

### Glosses

hatred (13); of.hatred (2); hatred(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hating [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8135/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hating, hatred [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8135/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hating, hatred;—abs. שׂ׳ Nu 35:20 +, cstr. שִׂנְאַת Dt 1:27; Pr 25:10; sf. שִׂנְאָתֶיךָ; Ez 35:11 (pl. -אֹתֶיךָ prob. meant, Köii. 1, § 88 cf. Ol§ 131 k, but שִׂנְאָֽתְךָ 𝔊 Co Berthol Toy, cf. Ges§ 91: l), etc.;—hatred (sometimes opp. אַהֲבָה): human, Nu 35:20 (P), Ez 23:29; 35:11 Pr 10:12, 18; 15:17; 26:26 ψ 109:5 Ec 9:1, 6; דִּבְרֵי שׂ׳ ψ 109:3; emphatic, שִׂנְאַת חָמָס 25:19, תַּכְלִית שׂ׳ 139:22 (against י׳’s foes), also (of sexual revulsion) שׂ׳ גְּדוֹלָה 2 S 13:15 (all acc. cogn.). י׳’s hating, as vb., c. acc. pers., Dt 1:27; 9:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂנְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8135/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 109:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.3/)

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וְדִבְרֵ֣י שִׂנְאָ֣ה סְבָב֑וּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִי חִנָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and words of.hatred they have.surrounded.me and they have.fought.against.me without.cause

*JPS 1917:* They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

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[Psalms 139:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.22/)

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תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* completeness of.hatred I hate.them (into) enemies they.have.become to me

*JPS 1917:* I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.

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