שָׁעַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8172

lean — used 22 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

lean tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁעַן: vb. lean, support oneself tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. lean, support oneself;—Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנִשְׁעַן Nu 21:15; Is 10:20; 1 pl. נִשְׁעַנּוּ 2 Ch 14:10, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשָּׁעֵן Jb 8:15 +, etc.; Imv. mpl. הִשָּׁעֲנוּ Gn 18:4; Inf. cstr. הִשָּׁעֵן Is 10:20, sf. הִשָּׁעֶנְךָ 2 Ch 16:7, 8, etc.; Pt. נִשְׁעָן 2 S 1:6 +;—lean, c. עַל upon, 2 S 1:6; 2 K 5:18; 7:2, 17, against pillars Ju 16:26, house Jb 8:15 (fig.); תַּחַת הָעֵץ Gn 18:4 (J); poet. of cliff, וְנִשׁ׳ לנְּבוּל Nu 21:15 leans to (upon) the border of Moab; lean (fig. = trust) upon, עַל pers. king Is 10:20; Ez 29:7; 2 Ch 16:7; עַל־י׳ Mi 3:11; Is 10:20; 2 Ch 13:18; 14:10; 16:7, 8; בֵּאלֹהָיו Is 50:10; abs. Jb 24:23; עַל־סוּסִים Is 31:1; על c. n. abstr. 30:12 c. אֶל Pr 3:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: depend (2); depended (2); he supports himself (2).

In the verses

Genesis 18:4 · tree →

יֻקַּֽח־נָ֣א מְעַט־מַ֔יִם וְרַחֲצ֖וּ רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ תַּ֥חַת הָעֵֽץ׃

Word for word: let.it.be.brought please a.little of.water and wash feet your and support.yourself under the tree

JPS 1917: Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.

Job 8:15 · tree →

יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־בֵּ֭יתוֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בּ֝֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃

Word for word: he.supports.himself on house his and not it.stands he.takes.hold on it and not it.endures

JPS 1917: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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