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2 Samuel 13:15

“Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂנֵאsânêʼ · saw-nay'
H8130 · Hebrew
Definition
to hate (personally)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּשְׂנָאֶ֣ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
  • הָ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs
Usage
Occurs 148 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:60Genesis 26:27Genesis 29:31Genesis 29:33Genesis 37:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂנֵא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.