Lexicon
סְנָאָה
se.na.ah
H5570
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Senaah

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

se.na.ah identifies the named ancestor or group whose sons are counted and named in a building account.

The attested form is a proper noun identifying the group designated as “sons of Senaah”: it heads two numbered listings and also identifies the builders of the fish gate.

Senses in use

  1. Name attached to a group called its sons · dominant

    In Ezra 2:35 and Nehemiah 7:38, the form is tagged Noun · Proper in clauses that count “The sons of Senaah.” In Nehemiah 3:3, the same proper-noun use identifies the sons who built the gate of the fish and set up its doors, bolts, and bars.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB presents the name in the phrase “sons of Senaah,” once in a building account and twice in numbered listings. It does not isolate the term beyond that phrase.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture