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šnwy, šnwyˀ (šinnūy, šinnūyā) v.n.D change; answer
1
change
JLAtg, JBAg
TgJ Is28:11↗ אְרֵי בְשִנוּי מַמלַל וֻבלִישָן תוֹלַעבָא הְווֹ מְלַעְגִין לָקְֹבֵיל נְבִיַיָא‏ : they would make fun of the prophets by changing the words and ridicule-filled speech ; ISGF 20:11 איכא שינויא כולי האי בתנויי דרבנן‏ : there is so much of a change in the rabbinic oral tradition
2
solution, answer (based on a distinction)
JBA, JBAg
BT Pes 12b(45)↗ שנויי דשנינן שינויי אינהו‏ : the solutions we provided are solutions ; BT Ket 42b(12)↗ שנוייא דחיקא‏ : a contrived solution ; ISGF 58:2 קושייהון ושינוייהון‏ : their difficult problems and their solutions
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Re meaning 2, it is resolution of an apparent contradiction between two sources that relies on establishing a distinction between the cases involved.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 1137aJastrow: 1564Levy Ch-W: 2:500

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