Lexicon shanan: to whet, sharpen Original Word: שָׁנַןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shanan Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-nan') Short Definition: sharp NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto whet, sharpen NASB Translationpierced (1), sharp (4), sharpen (2), sharpened (1), teach them diligently (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ שָׁנַן] verb whet, sharpen (compare Arabic  id.; Aramaic שְׁנִינָא,  sharp, etc.; Ethiopic [  ] III, 2,  contend, litigate; hence שֵׁן tooth, Late Hebrew id., Assyrian šinnu, Arabic  , Ethiopic  Aramaic שִׁנָּא,  ); — Qal whet, sharpen: Perfect1singular אִם שַׁנּוֺתִ֫י בְּרַק חַרְבִּי (Ges§ 67ee) Deuteronomy 32:41, of ׳יs preparation for judgment; 3 plural (כַחֶרֶב) שָֽׁנְנוּ לְשׁוֺנָם Psalm 64:4; Psalm 140:4 of uttering sharp words; Passive participle שְׁנוּנִים sharpened, of arrows, Isaiah 5:28; Psalm 45:6, figurative of tongue Psalm 120:4, of false witness Proverbs 25:18. Pi`el Perfect consecutive וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 6:7 i.e. teach the words incisively, German 'einschärfen.' Hithpo`el Imperfect1singular Psalm 73:21 in my kidneys אֶשְׁתּוֺנָ֑ן I was pierced (of poignant envy).
Strong's prick, sharpen, teach diligently, whet A primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate -- prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet. |
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