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title: שְׁנִינָה — sharp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁנִינָה (8148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sharp. BDB 1906: n.f. sharp (cutting) word, taunt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁנִינָה

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«שְׁנִינָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sharp** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8148 · **BDB:** שְׁנִינָה

### Glosses

a.taunt (2); taunt (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sharp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8148/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sharp (cutting) word, taunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8148/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sharp (cutting) word, taunt;—Dt 28:37; 1 K 9:7 = 2 Ch 7:20, Je 24:9 (cf. ψ 64:4; 140:4).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «שְׁנִינָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.37/)

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וְהָיִ֣יתָ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה לְמָשָׁ֖ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֑ה בְּכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יְנַהֶגְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה שָֽׁמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.become (into).a horror (into).a byword and.(into) a taunt among all the peoples where he will.drive.you.away Yahweh to (to)

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.

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[Jeremiah 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.24.9/)

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וּנְתַתִּים֙ לְזַעֲוָ֣ה לְרָעָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ לְחֶרְפָּ֤ה וּלְמָשָׁל֙ לִשְׁנִינָ֣ה וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה בְּכָל־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶֽׁר־אַדִּיחֵ֥ם שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and I will.make.them into a.terror into an.evil to all the.kingdoms of the.earth into a.reproach and into a.byword into a.taunt and into a.curse in all the places where I will.banish.them there

*JPS 1917:* I will even make them a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

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