שָׁנַן

vb. whet, sharpen (cf. Arabic سَنَّ id.; Aramaic שְׁנִינָא, ܫܢܺܝܢܳܐ sharp, etc.; Ethiopic [ሰነነ:] iii, 2, ተሰነነ: contend, litigate; hence שֵׁן tooth, NH id., Assyrian šinnu, Arabic سِنٌّ, Ethiopic ስን: Aramaic שִׁנָּא, ܫܶܢܳܐ );— whet, sharpen: Pf. 1 s. אִם שַׁנּוֹתִ֫י בְּרַק חַרְבִּי (Ges§ 67 ee) Dt 32:41, of י׳’s preparation for judgment; 3 pl. (כַחֶרֶב) שָֽׁנְנוּ לְשׁוֹנָם ψ 64:4; 140:4 of uttering sharp words; Pt. pass. שְׁנוּנִים sharpened, of arrows, Is 5:28 ψ 45:6, fig. of tongue 120:4, of false witness Pr 25:18. Pf. consec. וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ Dt 6:7 i.e. teach the words incisively, Germ. ‘einschärfen.’ Hithpōʿ. Impf. 1 s. ψ 73:21 in my kidneys אֶשְׁתּוֹנָ֑ן I was pierced (of poignant envy).