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Jeremiah 48:11

“Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁאַןshâʼan · shaw-an'
H7599 · Hebrew
Definition
to loll, i.e. be peaceful
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
be at ease, be quiet, rest. See also H1052 (בֵּית שְׁאָן).
Grammar
  • שַׁאֲנַ֨ן — verb Palel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HVkp3ms
Usage
Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 3:18Proverbs 1:33Jeremiah 30:10Jeremiah 46:27

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.