שָׁנָה
sha.nah
“to change”
Definition
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
a primitive root;
- change, alter 1a) (Qal) to change 1b) (Piel) to change, alter 1c) (Pual) to be changed, mollified 1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁנָה appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
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