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Deuteronomy 6:7

“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁנַןshânan · shaw-nan'
H8150 · Hebrew
Definition
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • שִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
  • ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vpq2ms/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:41Psalms 45:6Psalms 64:4Psalms 73:21Psalms 120:4

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 שָׁנַן 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.