sha.nah describes making or becoming different in appearance, condition, conduct, or established matters.

The occurrences chiefly describe altering a person's appearance, conduct, location, or condition; they also describe things that differ and changes to a way, judgment, or stated position.

1. Alter an appearance, conduct, or condition · dominant

   In 1 Kings 14:2, the Hithpael perfect occurs in Jeroboam's instruction to his wife to disguise herself. In 1 Samuel 21:14, the Piel sequential imperfect is used of a man whom the APB renders as “acting mad”; Jeremiah 52:33 uses a Piel sequential perfect where the APB says that prison garments were changed. Job 14:20 likewise has a Piel participle in the clause the APB renders “one who changes his face.”

   1 Kings 14:21 Samuel 21:14Jeremiah 52:33Job 14:20Esther 2:9
2. Be different or marked by difference · common

   Esther 1:7 uses a Qal active participle for golden vessels that the APB describes as having “varying design.” In Esther 3:8, the feminine plural Qal participle occurs in Haman's statement that the people's laws “differ from those of every other people.”

   Esther 1:7Esther 3:8
3. Change a course, judgment, or stated position · occasional

   Jeremiah 2:36 uses a Piel infinitive construct in the question the APB renders, “Why do you go about so much changing your way?” Proverbs 31:5 has a Piel imperfect in the warning that drinking may “change the judgment” of afflicted people, while Malachi 3:6 uses a Qal perfect in the declaration, “I the LORD do not change.”

   Jeremiah 2:36Proverbs 31:5Malachi 3:6Psalm 89:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clauses with “disguise yourself,” “acting mad,” “changing your way,” “changed his prison garments,” “differ,” and “do not change.” These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than supply a separate definition for each form.