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שְׁנָא shᵉnâʼ — (Aramaic) corresponding to H8132

pronounced shen-aw' · Strong's H8133 · 22 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 5 stems: Pe'al, Haph'el, Hithpa'al, Pa'el, Ithpa'al

Translated in the KJV as alter, change, diverse.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8132.

shᵉnâʼ in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 2

שְׁנ֑וֹ Dan 3:27 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. (KJV)

שְׁנ֔וֹהִי Dan 5:6 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (KJV)

שָׁנַ֣יִן Dan 5:9 Participle (active), masculine plural

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. (KJV)

Haph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1

יְהַשְׁנֵא֙ Ezra 6:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. (KJV)

לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה Ezra 6:12 Infinitive construct

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. (KJV)

מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א Dan 2:21 Participle (active), masculine singular

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: (KJV)

Hithpa'al

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3

יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א Dan 2:9 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. (KJV)

יִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ Dan 5:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: (KJV)

יִשְׁתַּנּ֣וֹן Dan 7:28 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. (KJV)

Pa'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (passive) 1

שַׁנִּ֔יו Dan 3:28 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. (KJV)

יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן Dan 4:13 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (KJV)

מְשַׁנְּיָ֗ה Dan 7:7 Participle (passive), feminine singular

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (KJV)

Ithpa'al

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Perfect (qatal) 2

אשתנו Dan 3:19 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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