שָׁנָאshânâʼ

change

Pronunciation: shaw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8132

Meanings

Qal: change (Malachi 3:6; Lamentations 4:1; Psalms 77:11)

Pi`el: change, alter (Jeremiah 52:33; 2 Kings 25:29; Proverbs 31:5)

Pu`al: usually is changed, mollified (Ecclesiastes 8:1)

Hithpa`el: disguise thyself (1 Kings 14:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 25:29 He supplied Jehoiachin with new clothes to replace his prison garb and allowed him to dine in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.
  • Ecclesiastes 8:1 How wonderful to be wise, to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a person’s face, softening its harshness.
  • Lamentations 4:1 How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!

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).