שנוא

Hebrew

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Etymology
Root
שׂ־נ־א (ś-n-ʾ)

Passive participle of שָׂנֵא (sané), from the root שׂ־נ־א (ś-n-').

Adjective

שָׂנוּא • (sanú) (feminine שְׂנוּאָה, masculine plural שְׂנוּאִים, feminine plural שְׂנוּאוֹת)

  1. 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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