Lexical Definition

‎שָׁנָא‎ shânâʼ (shaw-naw') to change ^H:V
a primitive root

change.

• to alter

1) to change, alter
1a) (Qal) to change
1b) (Piel) to change, alter
1c) (Pual) to be changed

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: she.na (‎ש‎ְׁ‎נ‎ָ‎א‎ "to change" שְׁנָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎שָׁנָה‎] verb change (Late Hebrew Pi`el, etc.; Eccl 42:24 etc.; Assyrian šanû, change, Aramaic ‎שְׁנָא‎, Nabataean Ethpa`al Lzb³⁷⁹; Syriac , especially mentally = grow insane; compare (probably) Late Hebrew ‎שָׁנָה‎ year, = Phoenician ‎שנת‎, ‎שת‎; MI^{2, 8} ‎שת‎; Assyrian šattu (compare Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 73 n}.); Arabic ; Aramaic ‎שְׁנַא‎, ‎שַׁתָּא‎, , ; Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎שנתא‎, ‎שנת‎, ‎שת‎, ‎שנן‎ Lzb^{379 f.}; on year from changing seasons, see Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 79 f.} Ba^{ZMG xll (1887), 612, 621, 636} (especially against DHM^{VIme Orient. Congr. ii. 1, 452} who proposes biliteral √), compare Thes; a daring suggestion by Jen^{ZA vii (1892), 177}); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎לאֹ שָׁנִיתִי‎ Mal 3:6 I am ‎׳‎‎׳‎‎י‎, I do not change: Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁנֶא‎ (Ges^{«GKC:75rr»§ 75rr}) Lam 4:1 how is the fine gold changed (si vera lectio; Löhr^Now ‎יִשָּׁנֵא‎; gloss on ‎יוּעַס‎ Bu Löhr); Infinitive construct ‎שְׁנוֺת יְמִין עֶלְיוֺן‎ Ps 77:11* the right hand of the Highest is changed (ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Aq Symm Theod Hup-Now RVm Bae Du We Buhl; AV RV Ew De Che and others years, usually insert I will remember); Participle ‎שׁוֺנִים‎ Esth 1:7 differing, different, with ‎מִן‎, compare Esth 3:8 (so Eccl 42:24); Prov 24:21 those who change (but dubious, see Toy). Pi`el transitive, change, alter: Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שִׁנָּה‎ Jer 52:33 with accusative garments, = ‎שִׁנָּא‎ (Ges<sup>l.c</sup>.) 2Kgs 25:29 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשַׁנֶּה דִּין‎ Prov 31:5 lest he pervert the judgment; ‎וַיְשַׁנּוֺ‎ 1Sam 21:14* (read ‎וַיְשַׁן‎ Ges<sup>«GKC:75bb»§ 75bb</sup>, ‎וַיְשַׁנֶּה‎ We Dr (and references), compare Bu HPS Now), with accusative ‎טַעְמוֺ‎ (see ‎טַעַם‎, and Assyrian šanê ‰êmi, madness); ‎וַיְשַׁנֶּהָ‎ Esth 2:9, i.e. changed her place ‎לְטוֺב בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים‎; 1 singular Ps 89:35* the utterance of my lips I will not change (|| ‎לֹא אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי‎); Infinitive construct ‎לְשַׁנּוֺת אֶתדַּֿרְכֵךְ‎ Jer 2:36 i.e. change thy political course; ‎בְּשַׁנּוֺתוֺ אֶתֿ טַעְמוֺ‎ Ps 34:1* (title; compare 1Sam 21:14* above); Participle ‎מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו‎ Job 14:20 altering his face, i.e. in death (subject God). Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְעֹז פָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּא‎ (Ges^{«GKC:75rr»§ 75rr}) Eccl 8:1, usually is changed, mollified, Siegf ‎יִשָּׂנֵא‎ is hated (on ‎׳‎‎עֹז פ‎ see ‎עֹז‎ 4, √‎עזז‎). Hithpa`el Perfect 2 feminine singular consecutive ‎קוּמִי וְהִשְׁתַּנִּית‎ 1Kgs 14:2 arise, pray, and disguise thyself.

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