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Lexicon :: Strong's H8138 - šānâ

Aa
שָׁנָה
Transliteration
šānâ
Pronunciation
shaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2421

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁנָה shânâh, shaw-naw'; a primitive root; to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive):—do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8138 in the following manner: change (7x), second time (3x), again (3x), diverse (2x), alter (1x), disguise (1x), doubled (1x), pervert (1x), preferred (1x), repeateth (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8138 in the following manner: change (7x), second time (3x), again (3x), diverse (2x), alter (1x), disguise (1x), doubled (1x), pervert (1x), preferred (1x), repeateth (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. to repeat, do again, change, alter

    1. (Qal) to change

    2. (Niphal) to be repeated

    3. (Piel) to change, alter

    4. (Hithpael) to disguise oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁנָה shânâh, shaw-naw'; a primitive root; to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive):—do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.
STRONGS H8138: Abbreviations
† I. [שָׁנָה] verb change (Late Hebrew Pi., etc.; Ecclus 42:24; etc.; Assyrian šanû, change, Aramaic שְׁנָא, Nabataean Ethpa`al Lzb379; Syriac bdb103903, especially mentally = grow insane; compare (probably) Late Hebrew שָׁנָה year, = Phoenician שנת, שת; MI2, 8 שת; Assyrian šattu (compare Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 73 n.); Arabic bdb103904; Aramaic שְׁנַא, שַׁתָּא, bdb103905, bdb103906; Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene שנתא, שנת, שת, שנן Lzb379f.; on year from changing seasons, see PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 79 f. BaZMG xli (1887), 612, 621, 636 (especially against DHMVIme Orient. Congr. ii. 1, 452 who proposes biliteral √), compare Thes; a daring suggestion by JenZA vii (1892), 177); —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular לאֹ שָׁנִיתִי Malachi 3:6 I am י׳, I do not change: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁנֶא (Ges§ 75 rr) [H8132 Lamentations 4:1] how is the fine gold changed (si vera lectio; LöhrNow יִשָּׁנֵא; gloss on יוּעַס Bu Löhr); Infinitive construct שְׁנוֺת יְמִין עֶלְיוֺן Psalm 77:11 the right hand of the Highest is changed (Syriac Version Vulgate Targum 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 Esther 1:7 differing, different, with מִן, compare Esther 3:8 (so Ecclus 42:24); Proverbs 24:21 those who change (but dubious, see Toy).
Pi. transitive, change, alter: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁנָּה Jeremiah 52:33 with accusative garments, = שִׁנָּא (Gesl.c.) [H8132 2 Kings 25:29]; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁנֶּה דִּין Proverbs 31:5 lest he pervert the judgment; וַיְשַׁנּוֺ 1 Samuel 21:14 (read וַיְשַׁן Ges§ 75bb, וַיְשַׁנֶּה We Dr (and references), compare Bu HPS Now), with accusative טַעְמוֺ (see טַעַם, and Assyrian šanê ṭêmi, madness); וַיְשַׁנֶּהָ Esther 2:9, i.e. changed her place לְטוֺב בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים; 1st person singular Psalm 89:35 the utterance of my lips I will not change (|| לֹא אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי); Infinitive construct לְשַׁנּוֺת אֶתדַּֿרְכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:36 i.e. change thy political course; בְּשַׁנּוֺתוֺ אֶתֿ טַעְמוֺ Psalm 34:1 (title; compare 1 Samuel 21:14 above); Participle מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו Job 14:20 altering his face, i.e. in death (subject God).
Pu. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וְעֹז מָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּא (Ges§ 75 rr) [H8132 Ecclesiastes 8:1], usually is changed, mollified, Siegf יִשָּׂנֵא is hated (on עֹז פ׳ see עֹז 4, √עזז).
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular consecutive קוּמִי וְהִשְׁתַּנִּית 1 Kings 14:2 arise, pray, and disguise thyself.

† III. שָׁנָה verb repeat, do again (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 42:1; Arabic bdb104004 bend, fold, double; Aramaic תְּנָא repeat, also teach, bdb104005; Assyrian šanû, especially Pi. repeat, relate, compare ScheilZA v (1890), 409 (Dl thinks denominative); on שׁ׳ as √of שְׁנַיִם two, see PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 77 Baib. xli (1887), 603); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 20:10; Imperfect 1st person singular אֶשְׁנֶה 1 Samuel 26:8, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שְׁנוּ 1 Kings 18:34; Participle שֹׁנֶה Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 26:11; — do again: לוֹ שׁ׳ וְלֹא ֗֗֗ וַיַּכֵּהוּ 2 Samuel 20:10, compare 1 Samuel 26:8; absolute 1 Kings 18:34 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 13:21; = speak again Job 29:22 + Job 40:5 according to many moderns (אשׁנה for MT אענה); בְּדָבָר שׁ׳ Proverbs 17:9 repeat with a thing, keep talking about it (שנות דבר Ecclus 42:1); Proverbs 26:11 a dullard repeats with (ב) his folly, does it over again (learns nothing by experience).
Niph. Infinitive construct פַּעֲמָ֑יִם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה הַחֲלוֺם הִשָּׁנוֺת וְעַל Genesis 41:32 (E) concerning the dream's being repeated, etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:32

1 Samuel

21:14; 21:14; 26:8; 26:8

2 Samuel

20:10; 20:10

1 Kings

14:2; 18:34; 18:34

Nehemiah

13:21

Esther

1:7; 2:9; 3:8

Job

14:20; 29:22; 40:5

Psalms

34:1; 77:11; 89:35

Proverbs

17:9; 17:9; 24:21; 26:11; 26:11; 31:5

Jeremiah

2:36; 52:33

Malachi

3:6

H8138

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Strong's Number H8138 matches the Hebrew שָׁנָה (šānâ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I testified H5749 against them, and said H559 unto them, H413 Why H4069 lodge H3885 ye H859 about H5048 the wall? H2346 if H518 ye do H8138➔ so again, ➔ H8138 I will lay H7971 hands H3027 on you. From H4480 that H1931 time H6256 forth came they H935 no H3808 more on the sabbath. H7676

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