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Hebrew
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Etymology
Passive participle of שָׂנֵא (sané), from the root שׂ־נ־א (ś-n-').
Adjective
שָׂנוּא • (sanú) (feminine שְׂנוּאָה, masculine plural שְׂנוּאִים, feminine plural שְׂנוּאוֹת)
- Hated; unloved.
- Deuteronomy 21:15:
- כִּי־תִהְיֶיןָ לְאִישׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים הָאַחַת אֲהוּבָה וְהָאַחַת שְׂנוּאָה […]
- ki-tihyéina l'ísh sh'téi nashím ha'akhát ahuvá v'ha'akhát s'nu'á
- If a man will have two wives, the one loved and the other hated,
References
- “שָׂנוּא” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1393.
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