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title: שָׁנָה — repeat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁנָה (lemma:שָׁנָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: repeat. BDB 1906: vb. repeat, do again. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁנָה

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«שָׁנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **repeat** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁנָה · **BDB:** שָׁנָה³

### Glosses

they.did.\[it\].again (2); I.will.repeat (1); \[one.who\].repeats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

repeat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. repeat, do again [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. repeat, do again (NH id.; Ecclus 42:1; Arabic ثَنَى bend, fold, double; Aramaic תְּנָא repeat, also teach, ܬܢܳܐ; Assyrian šanû, especially Pi. repeat, relate, cf. ScheilZA v (1890), 409 (Dl thinks denom.); on שׁ׳ as √ of שְׁנַיִם two, v. PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 77 Baib. xii (1887), 603);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ 2 S 20:10; Impf. 1 s. אֶשְׁנֶה 1 S 26:8, etc.; Imv. mpl. שְׁנוּ 1 K 18:34; Pt. שֹׁנֶה Pr 17:9; 26:11;—do again: וַיַּכֵּהוּ … וְלֹא שׁ׳ לוֹ 2 S 20:10, cf. 1 S 26:8; abs. 1 K 18:34(×2) Ne 13:21; = speak again Jb 29:22 + 40:5 according to many moderns (אשׁנה for MT אענה); שׁ׳ בְּדָבָר Pr 17:9 repeat with a thing, keep talking about it (שנות דבר Ecclus 42:1); 26:11 a dullard repeats with (ב) his folly, does it over agian (learns nothing by experience). Inf. cstr. וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָ֑יִם Gn 41:32 (E) concerning the dream’s being repeated, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.9/)

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מְֽכַסֶּה־פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].conceals a.transgression \[is\].seeking love and \[one.who\].repeats (in).a matter \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.

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[Job 29:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.22/)

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אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* after word my not they.did.\[it\].again and on them it.dropped speech my

*JPS 1917:* After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

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