שנן

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שנן

/ʃaːˈnan/
/ʃaˈnan/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Cognate with Aramaic שְׁנַן (shnan, “to sharpen”) and Arabic سَنَّ (sanna, “to sharpen”).

verb שָׁנַן · shanán · שָׁנוּן

Biblical, construction pa'al, intransitive, transitive to be sharp, to sharpen, whet אִם־שַׁנּוֹתִי בְּרַק חַרְבִּי וְתֹאחֵז בְּמִשְׁפָּט יָדִי אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּם׃
Biblical, construction pa'al, figuratively to sharpen (tongue, i.e. verbally attack) אֲשֶׁר שָׁנְנוּ כַחֶרֶב לְשׁוֹנָם דָּרְכוּ חִצָּם דָּבָר מָר׃

Similar: חידד, חִדֵּד, סָנָה

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verb

Similar: חידד, חִדֵּד, סָנָה

In English

memorize to commit to memory, to learn by heart

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שנן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}