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šnn, šnnˀ (šnān, šnānā) n.m./f. edge of a sword
1
sharp edge, blade of a sword
Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
11QtgJob 33.5=39:23↗ שנן ונזך וחרף סיף‏ : blade, spear, and sharpness of sword ; TgJ Jud3:22↗ וְעָל אַף דַסתְקָא בָתַר שַנְנָא וְטַמטֵם שוּמנָא בְאַפֵי שַנְנָא‏ : the handle went in behind the blade and the fat sealed over the blade ; AGnEx 46.28↗ ܟܪܘܒܐ ܘܫܢܢܐ ܕܚܪܒܐ ܕܡܬܗܦܟܐ‏ : the cherub and and blade of the rotating sword ; P Gn3:24↗ ܘܫܢܢܐ ܕܚܪܒܐ‏
2
point
Syr
P 1S17:7↗ ܫܢܢܐ ܕܢܝܙܟܗ‏
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spike of grain
Syr
Geop 3:28↗ ܫ̈ܢܢܐ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܬܐ ܕܡ݂ܠܝܢ ܚ̈ܛܐ‏ : large spikes full of wheat ; EphPar 9:10.2↗ ܟܕ ܡܝܢܩܐ ܪܘܚܐ ܠܚ̈ܛܐ ܘܠܫ̈ܢܢܐ‏ : when the wind suckles the wheat and the grain spikes ; JSBhom 71day1 456↗ ܠܲܫܢܵܢܸ̈ܐ ܘܲܠܙܲܪ̈ܥܽܘܢܸܐ‏ : the spiky grains and vegetables
3
crag, point of a mountain
Syr
PsC 271:6 ܒܫܢܢܐ ܕܠܓܘ ܡܢ ܬܪܥܐ ܕܚܕ ܪܫܐ܂ ܘܟܕ ܣܵܠ݁ܩ ܡܢ ܫܢܢܐ ܩܲܛܝܢ‏ : on the point within the gate of one (mountain) top, and when it rises from the point it is narrow
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generally fem. when used for a "spike of grain"
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1580[789]Jastrow: 1607Payne-Smith: 4232Levy Ch-W: 2:500Qumran: 240

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