Lexical Definition

‎סְנָאָה‎ Çᵉnâʼâh (sen-aw-aw') Senaah ^N:N-M-P
from an unused root meaning to prick; thorny

Senaah, Hassenaah (with the article).

• § Senaah or Hassenaah [with the article] = "thorny"
• Senaah, a place in Palestine

1) ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Extended Information

name of: סְנוּאָה

• A man descended from Senaah (סְנָאָה) of the tribe of Levi before time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.7 including Hodaviah (הוֹדַוְיָה) and Judah (יְהוּדָה); also called Hassenaah at Neh.3.3
• Another name of se.nu.ah (‎ס‎ְ‎נו‎ּ‎א‎ָ‎ה‎ "Hassenuah" סְנוּאָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סְנָאָה‎ apparently proper name, masculine ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ס‎ Ezra 2:35 = Neh 7:38, ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי הַסּ‎ Neh 3:3 ᵐ5 Σαανα, Σανανα(τ), etc., ᵐ5^L Σενναα; Mey^{Judenth. 150, 154} reads ‎סְנֻאָה‎ (‎׳‎‎ס‎ for ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎, compare ‎סְנוּאָה‎) = sons of the hated (rejected) woman, i.e. the poorer classes of Jerusalem.

‎סְנוּאָה‎ proper name, masculine (but see ‎סְנָאָה‎); — ‎׳‎‎בֶּןהַֿסּ‎ Neh 11:9 (ᵐ5 Ασανα, ᵐ5^L Ασεννα), ‎בֶּןהַֿסְּנֻאָה‎ 1Chr 9:7 (ᵐ5 Αανα, A Ασανουα, ᵐ5^L Σαανα).

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