Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁן‎ shên (shane) tooth ^H:N-F
from ‎שָׁנַן‎; compare ‎שֶׁנְהַבִּים‎

crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.

• a tooth (as sharp)
• specifically ivory
• figuratively, a cliff

1) tooth, ivory
1a) tooth
1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast
1b) tooth, tine (of fork)
1c) ivory
1c1) as material
1c2) of commerce
1d) sharp pointed rock

See Greek: ἐλεφάντινος · ἐξοχή · ὀδούς

Extended Information

meaning of: שֵׁן

• : ivory

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: שָׁנַן
I. ‎שֵׁן‎ noun feminine^{1Sam 2:13} (yet masculine 1Sam 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Exod 21:24 +, construct vExod 21:27 +, ‎׳‎‎שֶׁן‎ Deut 32:24 suffix ‎שִׁנּם‎ Exod 21:27 dual ‎שִׁנַּיִם‎ Prov 10:26, construct ‎שִׁנֵּי‎ Jer 31:29 +; suffix ‎שִׁנֵּיהֶם‎ Ps 124:6, ‎שִׁנֵּימוֺ‎ Ps 58:7*, etc.; —

1. tooth:
a. of man, Exod 21:27 (3 t. in verse) (E), Num 11:33 (J), Gen 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Song 4:2; Song 6:6, ‎רֹעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 25:19, see II. ‎רעע‎ 2; of lex talionis, ‎׳‎‎תַּחַת שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 21:24 (E), Lev 24:20 (H), ‎׳‎‎שֵׁן בְּשׁ‎ Deut 19:21 irritated by acid Prov 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jer 31:29; Jer 31:30; Ezek 18:2 ‎׳‎‎חָרַק שׁ‎ Lam 2:16; Job 16:9; Ps 35:16; Ps 112:10, see ‎חָרַק‎; ‎אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י‎ Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out ‎עַלמָֿה‎, dittograph; || ‎אָשִׂים בְּכַּ פִּי נַפְשִׁי‎); ‎בְּעוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י‎ Job 19:20, see ‎מָלַט‎ Hithpa`el (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du).
b. of beasts : Deut 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6*, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Mic 3:5, of foes Zech 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked Job 4:10; Ps 3:8*; Ps 58:7*; Ps 124:6 of their weapons Prov 30:14; Ps 57:5* of Israel shattered by ‎׳‎‎י‎.
c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1Sam 2:13 (compare Dr^{Sm. 291}); of cliff, ‎שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע‎1Sam 14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, ‎הַשֵּׁן‎ 1Sam 14:5.

2. ivory, of commerce, ‎קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן‎ Ezek 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, ‎׳‎‎מִטּוֺת שׁ‎ Amos 6:4, ‎׳‎‎כִּסֵּאשֿׁ‎ 1Kgs 10:18 = 2Chr 9:17, ‎׳‎‎בֵּית הַשּׁ‎ 1Kgs 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, ‎׳‎‎הֵיכְלֵי שׁ‎ Ps 45:9*, also Ezek 27:6; Song 5:15; Song 7:5*.

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