# H8150 שָׁנַן

שָׁנַן (shânan), Strong’s H8150: to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate KJV: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.. Occurs 9 times.

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*shânan* — to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate

KJV: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁנַן] vb. whet, sharpen
- Qal whet, sharpen
- Pi. teach the words incisively
- Hithpō‛. in my kidneys I was pierced

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 6:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/6?v=7) — and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you…
- [Deuteronomy 32:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=41) — if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will…
- [Isaiah 5:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=28) — whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a…
- [Psalms 45:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/45?v=6) — Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
- [Psalms 64:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/64?v=4) — who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
- [Psalms 73:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/73?v=21) — For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
- [Psalms 120:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/120?v=4) — Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
- [Psalms 140:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/140?v=4) — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
- [Proverbs 25:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/25?v=18) — A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.