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šn, šnˀ (ši/en, ši/ennā) n.m. tooth
1
(anat.) tooth
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:7↗ וְשִׁנַּיִן דִּי־פַרְזֶל לַהּ רַבְרְבָן‏ : it has large iron teeth ; 4Q561.1.1.3↗ אפה נגיד [ו]ש̇פיר ושנוהי שוין ודקנה ש̇[וה‏ : his nose is long and beautiful and his teeth are even and his beard is even ; P Gn49:12↗ ܘܚܘܪ̈ܢ ܫ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܚܠܒܐ‏ ; JBABowl 78.1:5↗ ראישיה ראישא דאריא ככיה ככי {ד}דיברזה שיניה שיני דנמרא‏ : his head is the head of lion, his fangs the fangs of a wild boar, his teeth the teeth of a leopard ; BT AZ 10b(45)↗ נפל על רישא דערלתיה וקטעה בשיניה‏ : he bent over the tip of his prepuce and bit it off with his teeth ; ḏ-Manda ḏ-Hiia 49↗ šina ḏakil bisra ušatia zma : the tooth that eats flesh and drinks blood
2
ivory
Syr, JBA
P Am3:15↗ ܒܬ̈ܐ ܕܫܢܐ‏ ; P Am6:4↗ ܫܟܒܝܢ ܥܠ ܥܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܫܢܐ܂ ܘܡܬܠܥܒܝܢ ܥܠ ܬܫ̈ܘܝܬܗܘܢ‏ ; Rev 18:12↗ ܘܟܠ ܡܵܐܢ ܕܫܸܢܵܐ‏ : and every vessel of ivory ; BT Šab 119a(13)↗ ר׳ אבהו הוה יתיב אתקתא דשינא ומשייף נורא‏ : PN used to sit on a fine ivory chair and fan the fire
3
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 ; CPA(le97) Is 8:14↗ ܘܠܐ ܗܝܟ ܠܫܝܢ ܕܡܘܦܠܐ‏ : nor like a rock of stumbling ; CPA(le97) 1Cor 10:4↗ ܫܢܐ ܕܝ ܗܘ ܗܘܐ ܡܫܝܚܐ‏ : that rock that was Christ ; JEhCh 117a:3 ܫܩܝ̈ܦܐ ܘܫ݂ܢ̈ܬܐ‏ : cliffs and crags ; P 1S14:4↗ ܫܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ‏ ; BT Git 68b(27)↗ אשינא דטורא‏ ; PJ Deut33:25↗ וחסימין היך נחשא ריגליהון לטיילא על שיני כיפיא‏
4
other tooth-like objects:
(1)
second vertebra
Syr
Med 155:22 ܦܲܩܵܪܐ ܗܘ݁ ܕܡܸܬ݂ܩܪܸܐ ܫܸܢܵܐ‏ : that vertebra called "tooth"
(2)
tines
Syr, LJLA
TgEsth101:6↗ כרעיהון דכסף שריין שנוי כביש קרוסטלינין‏ : their legs were of silver whose tines were resting upon a crystal pavement
(1)
tooth of a saw
JBAg
HG3 113:14 text not cited
(3)
a rectal or intestinal protrusion
JBA
BT Šab 82a(10)↗ ודילמא משתמטי שיני דכרכשתא ואתי לידי סכנה‏ : the "teeth" of the large intestine might be torn away and he be subject to danger
(4)
clove of garlic
Syr
Med 564:22 ܐܪܒܥ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ ܬܘܡܐ‏
5
(med.) pl. + qualifier indicating different peculiarities or illnesses of the teeth
Syr
(1)
(med.) ܫܸܢܲܝ̈ ܥܘܼܩܒܵܪܸ̈ܐ : boils
Syr
BBah 1991:2,↗ text not cited
(2)
(bot.) ܫܸܢܲܝ̈ ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ : Dracunculus vulgaris
Syr
BBah 591:5;↗ text not cited
6
age, era (of growth)
Syr
(1)
idiom: ܫܦܝܪ ܫܢܐ : young and healthy
Syr
Rechtsb2 84:21 ܬܩܦ ܕܝܢ ܠܥܠܝܡܐ ܐܼܚܪܢܐ ܘܕܣܓܝ ܚܝܠܬܢ ܘܫܦܝܪ ܫܢܐ ܠܗܠ‏ : she should join with a different young man and one who is very strong and healthy going forward
(2)
ܒܪ ܫܢܐ : of the same age cohort
Syr
ApocDan.34.4↗ ܛܠܝ̈ܐ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܫܢ̈ܝ‏
§Form & Usage▶
Syr. pl: ܫܸ̈ܢܹܐ‏ but ܫܸ̈ܢܵܬܵܐ‏ when used figuratively; BA pl. (i.e dual!) שִנַּיִן
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For "of the same age cohort" see the note s.v. br šnyn adj.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1577[789]DJPA: 559bDJBA: 1136bJastrow: 1603Drower/Macuch: 462a, 462bJ. Payne-Smith: 586Levy Ch-W: 2:498Tal Sam: 915DCPA[Schulthess]: 427[211]BarBahlul: 1991:2; 1993:8; 1994:18; 591:5; 1993:12; 96:20Qumran: 239
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