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In a figurative sense, it is used to describe the act of teaching or instilling knowledge diligently and repeatedly, much like sharpening the mind or understanding. This usage emphasizes the importance of repetition and thoroughness in teaching, particularly in the context of imparting God's commandments and wisdom.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, the act of sharpening tools and weapons was essential for daily life and survival, symbolizing preparedness and skill. Similarly, the diligent teaching of God's laws was crucial for maintaining the covenant relationship with Yahweh. The Israelites were commanded to teach their children the ways of the Lord consistently, ensuring that each generation would know and follow God's statutes.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to whet, sharpen<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>pierced (1), sharp (4), sharpen (2), sharpened (1), teach them diligently (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">שָׁנַן</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>whet, sharpen</b></font> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104104.gif"> <em>id.</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">שְׁנִינָא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104105.gif"> <em>sharp</em>, etc.; Ethiopic [<img src="/bdbgif/bdb104106.gif">] III, 2, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104107.gif"> <em>contend, litigate</em>; hence <font class="hebrew2">שֵׁן</font> <em>tooth</em>, Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Assyrian <i><em>šinnu</em></i>, Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104108.gif">, Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104109.gif"> Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">שִׁנָּא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb104110.gif">); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>whet, sharpen: Perfect</em>1singular <font class="hebrew2">אִם שַׁנּוֺתִ֫י בְּרַק חַרְבִּי</font> (Ges<sup>§ 67ee</sup>) <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Deuteronomy 32:41</a>, of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>s preparation for judgment; 3 plural (<font class="hebrew2">כַחֶרֶב</font>) <font class="hebrew2">שָֽׁנְנוּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">לְשׁוֺנָם</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/64-4.htm">Psalm 64:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4</a> of uttering sharp words; <em>Passive participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">שְׁנוּנִים</font> <em>sharpened</em>, of arrows, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-28.htm">Isaiah 5:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6</a>, figurative of tongue <a href="/interlinear/psalms/120-4.htm">Psalm 120:4</a>, of false witness <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25-18.htm">Proverbs 25:18</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Perfect</em> consecutive <font class="hebrew2">וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Deuteronomy 6:7</a> i.e. teach the words <em>incisively</em>, German 'einschärfen.' <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hithpo`el</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>1singular <a href="/interlinear/psalms/73-21.htm">Psalm 73:21</a> in my kidneys <font class="hebrew2">אֶשְׁתּוֺנָ֑ן</font> <em>I was pierced</em> (of poignant envy). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>prick, sharpen, teach diligently, whet <p>A primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate -- prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ אשתונן׃ וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם ושננתם שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים שְׁנוּנִ֑ים שְׁנוּנִ֔ים שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ שָׁנ֑וּן שָׁנְנ֣וּ שנון שנונים שנותי שננו ’eš·tō·w·nān ’eštōwnān eshtoNan šā·nă·nū šā·nə·nū šā·nūn šan·nō·w·ṯî šānănū šānənū šannōwṯî šānūn šə·nū·nîm šənūnîm shanaNu shaneNu shannoTi shaNun sheNuNim veshinnanTam wə·šin·nan·tām wəšinnantām<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 6:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם </b> לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">You shall teach them diligently</span> to your sons<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And thou shalt teach them diligently</span> unto thy children,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">shall teach</span> to your sons and shall talk<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/32-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 32:41</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אִם־ <b> שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ </b> בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> If <span class="itali">I sharpen</span> My flashing sword,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">If I whet</span> my glittering sword,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> If <span class="itali">sharpen</span> my flashing sword<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/45-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 45:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/45.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> חִצֶּ֗יךָ <b> שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים </b> עַ֭מִּים תַּחְתֶּ֣יךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/45.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Your arrows <span class="itali">are sharp;</span> The peoples<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/45.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thine arrows <span class="itali">[are] sharp</span> in the heart<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/45-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> your arrows <span class="itali">are sharp</span> the peoples under<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/64-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 64:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/64.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֲשֶׁ֤ר <b> שָׁנְנ֣וּ </b> כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/64.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Who <span class="itali">have sharpened</span> their tongue<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/64.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Who whet</span> their tongue like a sword,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/64-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Who <span class="itali">have sharpened</span> A sword their tongue<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/73-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 73:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/73.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י <b> אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/73.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was embittered <span class="itali">And I was pierced</span> within,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/73.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was grieved, <span class="itali">and I was pricked</span> in my reins.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/73-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my heart within <span class="itali">was pierced</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/120-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 120:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/120.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר <b> שְׁנוּנִ֑ים </b> עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/120.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Sharp</span> arrows of the warrior,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/120.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Sharp</span> arrows of the mighty,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/120-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> arrows of the warrior <span class="itali">Sharp</span> With the coals<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/140-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 140:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/140.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ </b> לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/140.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">They sharpen</span> their tongues<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/140.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">They have sharpened</span> their tongues<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/140-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">sharpen</span> their tongues as<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/25-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 25:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ <b> שָׁנ֑וּן </b> אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and a sword <span class="itali">and a sharp</span> arrow<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and a sword, <span class="itali">and a sharp</span> arrow.<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> sword arrow <span class="itali">sharp</span> man bears<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 5:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֤ר חִצָּיו֙ <b> שְׁנוּנִ֔ים </b> וְכָל־ קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Its arrows <span class="itali">are sharp</span> and all its bows<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Whose arrows <span class="itali">[are] sharp,</span> and all their bows<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> its arrows <span class="itali">are sharp</span> and all bows<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8150.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8150.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8150<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/eshtonan_8150.htm">’eš·tō·w·nān — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shananu_8150.htm">šā·nă·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shanenu_8150.htm">šā·nə·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shannoti_8150.htm">šan·nō·w·ṯî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shanun_8150.htm">šā·nūn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shenunim_8150.htm">šə·nū·nîm — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veshinnantam_8150.htm">wə·šin·nan·tām — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div 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