Lexicon
שָׁנָה
sha.nah
H8138B
H:V Hebrew

to repeat

9
Occurrences
7
Books
Hebrew
Language

sha.nah denotes doing, saying, or encountering something anew after it has already occurred.

The attested use describes recurrence: an action may be done again, a dream may occur twice, speech or a matter may be repeated, and a person may return to former conduct. The same use includes both commanded repetition and repetition described as having occurred.

Senses in use

  1. Doing or expressing something anew · dominant

    In 1 Kings 18:34, the Qal imperative forms occur in commands to perform the water-pouring action another time; the APB renders the commands "Do it a second time" and "Do it a third time." In Genesis 41:32, the Niphal infinitive construct concerns Pharaoh's dream occurring twice, while Job 29:22 and Proverbs 17:9 place Qal forms in clauses about repeating speech or a matter. The Qal imperfects in 1 Samuel 26:8 and Nehemiah 13:21 likewise concern striking or acting again.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB presents the recurrence with expressions such as "a second time," "again," "repeated," and "repeats." These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed word-for-word equivalents.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture