Lexical Definition

‎שָׁנַן‎ shânan (shaw-nan') to sharpen ^H:V
a primitive root

prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.

• to point (transitive or intransitive)
• intensively, to pierce
• figuratively, to inculcate

1) to sharpen, whet
1a) (Qal) to whet, sharpen
1b) (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively)
1c)(Hithpolel) to be pierced

See Greek: ὀξύς · παροξύνω · προβιβάζω

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: Perfect 1 singular ‎אִם שַׁנּוֺתִ֫י בְּרַק חַרְבִּי‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67ee»§ 67ee}) Deut 32:41, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s preparation for judgment; 3 plural (‎כַחֶרֶב‎) ‎שָֽׁנְנוּ‎ ‎לְשׁוֺנָם‎ Ps 64:4*; Ps 140:4* of uttering sharp words; Passive participle ‎שְׁנוּנִים‎ sharpened, of arrows, Isa 5:28; Ps 45:6*, figurative of tongue Ps 120:4, of false witness Prov 25:18. Pi`el Perfect consecutive ‎וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ‎ Deut 6:7 i.e. teach the words incisively, German 'einschärfen.' Hithpo`el Imperfect 1 singular Ps 73:21 in my kidneys ‎אֶשְׁתּוֺנָ֑ן‎ I was pierced (of poignant envy).

‎שׁנן‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [‎שָׁנַן‎], ‎שֵׁן‎).

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