←
šny vb. to be different
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto be different2 senses▶
1
to be different
BADan, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA
Dan 7:3↗ וְאַרְבַּע חֵיוָן רַבְרְבָן סָלְקָן מִן־יַמָּא שָׁנְיָן דָּא מִן־דָּא‏ : four large animals coming up out of the sea differing from one another [lit.: "this one from this one"] ; TgO Lev13:55↗ וְהָא לָא שְנָא מַכתָשָא מִן כִיד הְוָה‏ : here the infection has not changed from what it was ; PTKil 28.d:28[2]↗ לא שנייא‏ ; FTP Num12:1↗ הכמה דהדין כושיא ביסריה שני מן כל בני נשא‏ : just as the Ethiopian's flesh differs from all people ; BT Ber 49b(12)↗ מאי שנא הכא ומאי שנא הכא‏ : wherein are the two cases different? [lit. what was different here, and what was different here?]
(1)
to be changed
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Lev13:55↗ וְהָא לָא שְנָא מַכתָשָא מִן כִיד הְוָה‏ : the depression has not changed now from what it was
(1)
(color, appearance) to change for the worse
BADan, Gal, Sam, Syr, LJLA
Dan 5:9↗ אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא בֵלְשַׁאצַּר שַׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל וְזִיוֹהִי שָׁנַיִן עֲלוֹהִי‏ : then King RN was greatly troubled, and his appearance was changing on him ; P Lam4:1↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܡܣܬܠܐ ܕܗܒܐ ܛܒܐ ܘܫܢܐ ܨܘܒܥܐ ܫܦܝܪܐ‏ : how has the fine gold become contemptible, the beautiful color changed for the worse
(1)
to be dislocated
Syr, JBA
P Gn32:26↗ ܘܫ݂ܢܬ ܚܪܘܬܗ‏ : his thigh was dislocated ; BT Šab 148a(10)↗ שנייא ליה ידיה‏
(2)
to become insane
Syr
IS 35:12 ܢܪܘܢ ܂܂܂ ܗܘ݁ ܫܢܐ ܡܢ ܗܘܢܗ‏ : Nero, the one who lost his mind ; JulSok 241(117):10↗ ܦܩܪܬ ܘܫܢܬ ܟܘܠܗ݀ ܐܢܫܘܬܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ‏ : the entire populace of the city went mad and insane ; ICor14:23↗ ܕ݁ܗܵܠܸܝܢ ܫܢܲܘ ܠܗܘ݂ܢ‏
(1)
w. d.o : to act in an insane manner
Syr
IVMac8:4↗ ܕܠܐ ܬܫ݂ܢܘܢ ܗ݀ܝ ܫܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܫ݂ܢܐ ܣܒܐ ܗ݀ܘ‏ : that you should not be insane the way that old man was ; IVMac10:13↗ ܠܐ ܬܫܢܐ ܐܦ ܐܢܬ ܗ݀ܝ ܫܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܫܢܘ ܒܗ݀ ܐܚ̈ܝܟ‏ : [NB: ܒܗܿ]
(2)
to display insanity
Syr
TB 4:43.2↗ ܫܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗ݀ܘ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܠܗܐ ܫܢܐ‏ : the insanity of that one who acts insane before God ; TB 4:85.11↗ text not cited
(3)
impersonal
Syr
JulSok 275(134):17↗ ܐܠܘ ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܫܢܬ ܠܗ݀ ܠܨܗܝܘܢ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܠܩܘܫܬܝ݂ܢ‏ : for if our actual city Zion had not gone crazy
2
to go away
Syr, JBAmb, Man
JBABowl 31.1:4↗ ומפשר מעזה ושנו קציצי אבריה‏ : loosening her hair and removing (!?) pieces of her limbs ; GS 111:14↗ mahu mhara šna bˁdak : why has the spade disappeared from your hand? ; Mishqal Ainia 184↗ šna busma mn aiar : the sweetness has gone from the air
(1)
to retire
Syr
(2)
to turn
Syr
Dpaˁˁelto change (trans.)4 senses▶
1
to change (trans.)
Common (except: OA)
SamPap.2..6↗ או הו ישנה באסרא זנה‏ : or he changes anything in this contract ; Dan 3:28↗ וּמִלַּת מַלְכָּא שַׁנִּיו‏ ; 4QEna1.2.12↗ ואנתן שניתן עבדכ̇ן̇‏ : but you changed your work ; TgO Gen35:2↗ וְאִידַכוֹ וְשַנוֹ כְסוּתְכוֹן‏ : get clean and change your clothes ; TN Deut27:17var.↗ גברה דמשני תחומה דגברא‏ : the man who moves a man's boundary ; P Dt19:14↗ ܠܐ ܬܫܢܐ ܬܚܘܡܐ‏ : do not change the boundary ; BT Šab 128b(46)↗ כמה דאיפשר לשנויי משנינן‏ : we change it as much as it is possible to change it ; GY 145:19↗ kḏ ahadtinun lbabia ušanitinun lsukria : when I locked the gates and shifted the bolts ; PJ Deut27:17↗ ליט דישני תחומא דחבריה‏ : cursed be one who changes his neighbor’s boundary
(1)
to cause to move from place to place
Syr
P Gn47:21↗ ܘܠܥܡܐ ܫ݁ܢܝ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܢ ܩ݂ܪܐ ܠܩܪܐ‏ : he moved the people from town to town ; TgEsth102:9↗ ושני יתה וית עולימתהא לאוטבא להון‏ : he moved her and her maidens to make things better for them
(1)
(God) to transfigure someone to heaven
Syr
AphDem.4:19↗ ܘܗ݂ܘ ܫܢܝ ܠܚܢܘܟ ܡܛܠ ܫܦܝܪܘܬܗ‏ : He transfigured Enoch because of his perfectness
(2)
p.p. : different
BADan, Gal, PTA, Syr
Dan 7:7↗ וְהִיא מְשַׁנְּיָה מִן־כָּל־חֵיוָתָא דִּי קָדָמַיהּ‏ : it was different from all the creatures that preceded it ; FTP Num12:1↗ משני בזיויה‏ : different in his features
(3)
w. implied object : to stop doing something
Syr, Man
TB 2:56.23↗ ܠܐ ܡܫܢܐ ܕܣܪܝܩܐܝܬ ܢܬܥܕܠ‏ : he does not stop useless blaming ; GY 14:24↗ kḏ bišuta maṭialkun sbul uašar bhaimanutkun ulatišanun ulatipkun mn mamlalkun : when evil comes your way bear it and be firm in your faith and do not change or turn from your discourse ; MandMB 71:110 ↗ hlin mumata nišania : he will stop keeping these oaths
(4)
to remove
Man
Shapta D-Qashtina 356↗ aqar kursiak ušania markabtak : uproot your seat and remove your chariot
(5)
ב : to misuse
JBA
BT BM 96b(41)↗ איתי שהדי דלא שנית ביה‏ : bring witnesses that you did not misuse it
2
(d.o. mind, reason) : to act insane
Syr, JBA
P 1S21:14↗ ܘܫܢܝ ܛܥܡܗ ܒܥܝ̈ܢܘܗܝ܂ ܘܐܫܬܟܪ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏ : he pretended to be mad in their eyes and seemed stupid to them ; BT BM 84a(52)↗ עד דשני דעתיה‏ : until he lost his mind
(1)
to drive insane
BADan
Dan 4:13↗ לִבְבֵהּ מִן־אנושׁא‏ : they shall drive him insane [lit.: deprive him of human thinking]
3
to move from place to place (intransitive)
Syr, LJLA
BhBS.E Pol 1.1.3 ܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ ܕܡܢ ܐܬܪܐ ܠܐܬܪܐ ܡܫ݁ܢܝܢ܂ ܘܒܚܕܐ ܕܘܟܐ ܠܐ ܡܩ݁ܘܝܢ‏ : people who migrate from place to place and do not remain in one place
(1)
of inanimates
Syr
OS LkCur17:6↗ ܐܡܪܝܢ ܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܠܛܘܪܐ ܕܢܫܢܐ ܡܢ ܗܡܟܐ ܘܡܫܢܐ ܗܘܐ‏ : you would say to the mountain(!) that it should move from here and it would move ; IshIsa 42:22↗ ܕܫܢܝܬܠܗ݀ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܠܘܬ ܒܒ̈ܠܝܐ‏ : the reign of the Assyrians moved to the Babylonians
(2)
+ܡܢ : to depart from a place
Syr
EphNis 41:5 ܩܡܘ ܫܢܝܘ ܡܢ ܨܐܕܝܗ‏ : they got up and went away from its presence ; P Gn12:8↗ ܘܫ݁ܢܝ ܡܢ ܬܡ݁ܢ ܠܛܘܪܐ‏ ; P 1K(1)18:29↗ ܫܢܘ ܡܢ ܗܫܐ‏
(1)
ܡܢ ܠܘܬ : to leave a person
Syr
AphDem7.149:1↗ ܡܢ ܠܘܬܗ ܠܐ ܡܫܢܐ‏ : he does not leave him
(3)
to disappear
Syr
JS_Elijah 5:300↗ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܥܲܪܼܝܩ ܛܲܠܵܐ ܠܲܝܬܲܘܗ̄ܝ ܣܲܬܘܵܐ ܫܲܢܼܝ‏ : the rain had fled, there is no dew, winter disappeared
(1)
ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܐ : to die
Syr
Ps-Clem Hom 11.268:23↗ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܫܢܝܢ‏
(4)
to be dislocated
Syr
AGnEx 7.5↗ ܩܪܒ ܠܚܪܘܬܗ ܘܫܢܝܬ‏ : he touched his thigh and it became dislocated
4
to reply to a problem, resolve an apparent contradiction
JBA
BT BQ 17b(5)↗ אנא שנאי חדא ואת שני{{ת}} חדא‏ : I answered one [i.e. the contradiction in the first part of the Mishna], and you, answer the other! [i.e. the one in its latter part] ; BT BM 18b(13)↗ ר׳ זירא רמי מתני׳ אבריתא ומשני דלא ניהדר‏ : PN puts the mishna against the baratia and resolves the contradiction: he should not return it
(1)
to repeat or teach [Heb.]
Sam
SamTgJ Deut6:7↗ ותשננון לבניך‏
Cˀafˁelto change (trans.)3 senses▶
1
to change (trans.)
BADan, Sam, JBA, JBAg, Man
Dan 2:21↗ וְהוּא מְהַשְׁנֵא עִדָּנַיָּא וְזִמְנַיָּא‏ : He changes the times and the seasons ; BT Tan 24b(43)↗ אשני פוריך אשני פורייה‏ : "change your bed!" So he changed his bed
(1)
to violate (a covenant)
BAEzra, BADan, JLAtg, LJLA
Ezra 6:11↗ כָל־אֱנָשׁ דִּי יְהַשְׁנֵא פִּתְגָמָא דְנָה‏ : any person who violates this statement ; Dan 6:9↗ תְּקִים אֱסָרָא וְתִרְשֻׁם כְּתָבָא דִּי לָא לְהַשְׁנָיָה‏ : you should establish a prohibition and write down a decree which is not to be violated ; TgJ Is24:5↗ אַשנִיאוּ קְיָמָא דְמִן עָלְמָא‏ : they have violated the ancient covenant ; TgIIChron 16:3↗ איזיל אשני קיימך דעם בעשא מלכא דישראל‏ : go violate your treaty with Baasha, king of Israel
(1)
to violate sancta
BAEzra
Ezra 6:12↗ כָּל־מֶלֶךְ וְעַם דִּי יִשְׁלַח יְדֵהּ לְהַשְׁנָיָה לְחַבָּלָה בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דֵךְ‏ : any king or nation that makes an aggressive attempt to violate or destroy that temple
2
to deprive of one's senses, drive mad
Syr, JBAmb
JBAmb2 9:14↗ בסיהרא ובצבעיני משני יתיכי‏ : he drives you mad with the moon and with multiple colors
(1)
w. ܢܦܫܗ : to pretend to be mad
Syr
to 41:1 ܗ݂ܘ ܡܫ݂ܢܐ ܢܦܫܗ݂ ܕܐܝܟܢ ܢܬܦ݁ܠܛ ܡܢ ܐܢܢܩܐ ܗܕܐ‏ : he is pretending to be made in order to escape this trouble
3
to distinguish
Gal
PTEr 19.c:41[2]↗ ורבנן לא מהשניי בין יחיד לשיירא‏ : don't the Rabbis distinguish between an individual and a caravan?
Gtˀeṯpəˁel(of a legal tradition) to be clarified1 sense▶
(of a legal tradition) to be clarified
JBA
BT BQ 66b(28)↗ הא מ^י^לתא קשאי בי רבה לרב יוסף תרתין ועשרין שנין ולא אשתנאי‏ : this matter proved a diffiiculty for 22 years for PN in Raba’s school and was never resolved
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be changed, transformed2 senses▶
1
to be changed, transformed
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:9↗ עַד דִּי עִדָּנָא יִשְׁתַּנֵּא‏ : until the time would change ; GenApoc 2.12↗ וכדי חזת ב̇ת̇אנוש אנתתי די אשתני אנפי עלי‏ : when PN my wife saw that my countenance had changed ; AphDem1.18:6↗ ܐܫܬܢܝ ܡܢ ܡܘܬܐ‏ ; BT San 71b(25)↗ הואיל ואשתני אשתני‏ : since he was changed (concerning his judicial procedure), it was so (also concerning his liability) ; ShPDm 18 ↗ šuma rba kabira ḏlabaṭil ziua kabira ḏlamištania : O great, mighty name that does not cease, O mighty radiance that does not end
(1)
to disguise oneself
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1K22:30↗ וְאַת לְבַש לְבוּשַך וְאִשתַנִי מַלכָא דְיִשרָאֵל‏ : you dress and change yourself into the King of Israel ; TgIIChron 18:29↗ אנא אשתני ואיעול בקרבא‏ : I will disguise myself and go into battle
(2)
to become insane
Syr
EphNis 1:9.11↗ ܒܟܐ̈ܒܝ ܐܫܬܢܝܬ ܡܠܠܬ‏ : in my pains I have spoken insanely ; TB 2:51.1↗ ܫܢܝܘܬܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܪܒܬܐ܂ ܘܩܫܝܬܐ ܡܫܬܢܐ‏ : thus he is insane with a great and severe madness
(3)
to be transfigured
Syr
Heb 11:5↗ ܐܸܫܬ݁ܲܢܼܝ ܚܢܘ݂ܟ݂ ܘܡܲܘܬ̇ܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܛܥܸܡ‏
2
to move away
Gal, Syr, JBAmb, Man
DionbScomt 127:24 ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܐܫܬܢܝ ܠܡܕܒܪܐ‏ : then he moved to the desert ; P Acts7:16↗ ܘܸܐܫܬ݁ܲܢܼܝ ܠܲܫܟ݂ܼܝܡ‏ ; JBAmb2 64:5↗ ועים זיק̊א פ̊רחיתין ועים אוירא מישתנ̊יתין‏ : you will fly away with the wind and disappear with the air ; AM 16:12↗ ligal ništania mina ˁu nukraita lagiṭ : he will move away from her quickly and take a foreign woman
(1)
to depart
Syr, Man
ShPDm 18 ↗ ziua kabira ḏlamištania : the great radiance that does not pass
(1)
+ܠܐܠܗܐ : to pass away, die
Syr
IIMac11:23↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܐܫܬܢܝ ܐܒܝ ܠܐܠܗ̈ܐ‏
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On the ethpa in the context of death see: see M. Kister, Tarbiz 76(2007)170f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1579[789]DJPA: 560aDJBA: 1164aJastrow: 1606Drower/Macuch: 471a, 441b, 443bPayne-Smith: 4233J. Payne-Smith: 586Levy Ch-W: 2:498Tal Sam: 914DNWSI: 1175DJA: 83bQumran: 240

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