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שִׁן שִׁנָּא‏ n.m. tooth

tooth Com. Dan7:7 : וְשִׁנַּיִן דִּי־פַרְזֶל לַהּ רַבְרְבָן‏ it has large iron teeth. 4Q561.1.1.3 : אפה נגיד [ו]ש֗פיר ושנוהי שוין ודקנה ש֗[וה‏ his nose is long and beautiful and his teeth are even and his beard is even.

fig.: crag, rock JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Jer49:16 : נִשרָא דְשָרֵי בְשִינֵי כֵיפָא‏ the vulture that dwells in rocky crags. FTV Gen49:22 : ופכרת שיני כל כיפייה‏ it broke apart all its rocky crags. PJ Deut33:25 : וחסימין היך נחשא ריגליהון לטיילא על שיני כיפיא‏ . tines Syr, LJLA. TgEsth¹01:6 : כרעיהון דכסף שריין שנוי כביש קרוסטלינין‏ their legs were of silver whose tines were resting upon a crystal pavement.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 559b; DJBA: 1136b; Jastrow: 1603; Levy Ch-W: 2:498; Tal Sam: 915; Cook,Qumran: 239;

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Derivatives:

šn dpyl, šnˀ dpylˀ (šan dəp̄īl, šan dəp̄īlā) n.m. ivory

šnn vb. D to sharpen

šnyn (šnīn) adj. sharp

šnn, šnnˀ (šnān, šnānā) n.m./f. #2 edge of a sword