Midvash

שָׂנֵאsânêʼ

hate

Pronunciation: saw-nay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8130

Meanings

Qal: hate (Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Samuel 13:15; Psalms 5:6)

1. human

2. subject ׳ י (Amos 6:8; Hosea 9:15; Jeremiah 12:8)

3. as adjective, usually substantive (Isaiah 66:5; Isaiah 61:8; Proverbs 13:24)

Niph`al: is hated (Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 14:20)

Pi`el: enemy, (Qal 3) (Job 31:29; Psalms 55:13; Psalms 81:16)

1. personal and national (Job 31:29; Deuteronomy 33:11; 2 Samuel 22:41)

2. of ׳ י (Numbers 10:35; Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalms 81:16)

3. of wisdom (Proverbs 8:36)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 146 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 24:60 They gave her this blessing as she parted: “Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies.”
  • Genesis 26:27 “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
  • Genesis 29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive.
  • Genesis 29:33 She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She named him Simeon, for she said, “The Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me another son.”
  • Genesis 37:4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
  • Genesis 37:5 One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).