שנא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛnɑʔ/

Noun

שנא • (šinnā) f (plural שנתא or שנא)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. fang, tusk
3. ivory

See also

• ככא

Hebrew

Root
שׂ־נ־א (s-n-ʾ)
4 terms

Etymology

Related to Imperial Aramaic שני, which became Classical Syriac ܣܢܐ and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סני. Cognate with Arabic شَنَأَ (šanaʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈne/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sɔ.neɪ̯/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈne(ʔ)/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sɔˈneʔ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sɔˈneʔ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɬaːˈneːʔ/ → /saːˈneːʔ/

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Verb

שָׂנֵא • (sané) (pa'al construction)

1. to hate

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׂנֵא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לשנוא / לִשְׂנֹא
		action noun		שִׂנְאָה
		passive participle		שָׂנוּא
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	שָׂנֵאתִי		שָׂנֵאנוּ
	second	שָׂנֵאתָ	שָׂנֵאת	שְׂנֵאתֶם1	שְׂנֵאתֶן1
	third	שָׂנֵא	שָׂנְאָה	שָׂנְאוּ
present		שׂוֹנֵא	שׂוֹנֵאת	שׂוֹנְאִים	שׂוֹנְאוֹת
future	first	אֶשְׂנָא		נִשְׂנָא
	second	תִּשְׂנָא	תִּשְׂנְאִי	תִּשְׂנְאוּ	תִּשְׂנֶאנָה2
	third	יִשְׂנָא	תִּשְׂנָא	יִשְׂנְאוּ	תִּשְׂנֶאנָה2
imperative	positive	שְׂנָא	שִׂנְאִי	שִׂנְאוּ	שְׂנֶאנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced שָׂנֵאתֶם and שָׂנֵאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• שִׂנְאָה

Further reading

• H8130 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• אנ״ש, נשא