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title: שְׂנִיר — Senir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂנִיר (8149), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Senir. BDB 1906: n.pr.mont. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂנִיר

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«שְׂנִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Senir** — 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:** 8149 · **BDB:** שְׂנִיר

### Glosses

Senir (3); of.Senir (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Senir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8149/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.mont. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8149/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.mont. Σανειρ: Amorite name of Ḥermon Dt 3:9, whence came cypress-trees Ez 27:5, prob. northern peak(s) of Ḥ. 1 Ch 5:23 Ct 4:8 (where + חֶרְמוֹן); so Arabic سنير, Abulfed. Par. 68, Syriac ܣܢܺܝܪ, Ecclus 24:13 al., Assyrian Saniru COT Dt 3:9 DlPa 104. Vid. also Dr Dt 3:9 BuhlGeogr. 110 f. and reff. \[van d. H. erron. שׁ׳ Dt Ct\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂנִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8149/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.9/)

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צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].Sidonians they.call (to) Hermon Sirion and the Amorite\[s\] they.call (to) it Senir

*JPS 1917:* which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir —

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[Ezekiel 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.5/)

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בְּרוֹשִׁ֤ים מִשְּׂנִיר֙ בָּ֣נוּ לָ֔ךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־לֻֽחֹתָ֑יִם אֶ֤רֶז מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ לָקָ֔חוּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת תֹּ֖רֶן עָלָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* fir.trees from Senir they.built your (et) all planks a.cedar from Lebanon they.took to make a.mast on you

*JPS 1917:* Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

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