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title: שֵׁנָא — hated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁנָא (lemma:שֵׁנָא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hated. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁנָא

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«שֵׁנָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hated** — 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:** lemma:שֵׁנָא · **BDB:** שֵׁנָא

### Glosses

sleep (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d0/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. שֵׁנָה √ יָשֵׁן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁנָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 127:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.127.2/)

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שָׁ֤וְא לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵי ק֡וּם מְאַֽחֲרֵי־שֶׁ֗בֶת אֹ֭כְלֵי לֶ֣חֶם הָעֲצָבִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן יִתֵּ֖ן לִֽידִיד֣וֹ שֵׁנָֽא׃

*Word for word:* vanity \[belongs\].to you \[who\].rise.early (of).to.rise \[who\].delay (of).to.sit \[who\].eat (of).the.bread of.(the) hard.labors thus he.gives to his.beloved \[one\] sleep

*JPS 1917:* It is vain for you that ye rise early, and sit up late, ye that eat the bread of toil; so He giveth unto His beloved in sleep.

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