H8128 H8128
Tooth, teeth (Aramaic); used of the iron teeth of the terrible beast in Daniel's visions
This Aramaic noun for 'tooth' appears exclusively in Daniel's apocalyptic visions of the four beasts. The dual form שִׁנַּיִן denotes rows of teeth, specifically the great iron teeth of the fourth beast that devours and crushes everything (Dan 7:7, 19). The singular suffix form describes the teeth of the bear-like second beast with ribs in its mouth (Dan 7:5). In these visions, teeth function as symbols of imperial destructive power. The domain classification under TIME in the data reflects confusion with the homograph שְׁנָה ('year'), but the actual meaning is unmistakably 'teeth.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — Teeth of terrifying beasts in Daniel's apocalyptic visions — an Aramaic cognate of Hebrew שֵׁן. Daniel 7:5 describes the bear-beast with bones between its teeth, while 7:7 and 7:19 depict the dreadful fourth beast's iron teeth that devour and trample. Spanish 'dientes de ella' and English 'its teeth' correctly render the suffixed forms. French 'année' and German 'Jahr' in the gloss data reflect misidentification with the homograph שְׁנָה (year), but the context is purely anatomical and symbolic. 5×
AR["(أَسْنَانُهُ)", "(أَسْنَانِهَا)", "أَسْنَانُهُ", "أَسْنَانِهَا", "وَ-أَسْنَانٌ"]·ben["(এর-দাঁত)", "(দাঁতের)", "[এর-দাঁত]", "[দাঁতের]", "এবং-দাঁত"]·DE["Jahr", "[ושנין]", "[שניה]"]·EN["(qere:its-teeth)", "[ketiv:its-teeth]", "and-teeth"]·FR["[ושנין]", "[שניה]", "année"]·heb["[שיניה]", "ו-שיניים", "שיניה"]·HI["(उसके-दाँतों)", "(दाँत-उसके)", "[के-दाँतों]", "[दाँत-उसके]", "और-दाँत"]·ID["[gigi-giginya]", "dan-gigi-gigi", "gigi-giginya"]·IT["[ושנין]", "[שניה]", "anno"]·jav["(untu-untunipun)", "(wajanipun)", "[untu-untunipun]", "[wajanipun]", "lan-untu-untu"]·KO["(그것의-이빨)", "(그것의-이빨은)", "[그것의-이빨은]", "[그것의이빨들]", "그리고-이빨들이"]·PT["(seus-dentes)", "[seus-dentes]", "e-dentes"]·RU["(зубами-его)", "(зубы-его)", "[зубы-его]", "и-зубы"]·ES["[dientes-de-ella]", "dientes-de-ella", "y-dientes"]·SW["(meno-yake)", "[meno-yake]", "na-meno"]·TR["(dişleri)", "(dişlerinin)", "[dişleri]", "[dişlerinin]", "ve-dişler"]·urd["اور-دانت", "اُس-کے-دانت", "اُس-کے-دانتوں", "اُس-کے-دانتوں-کے"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שֵׁן] n.[f.] tooth;—du. (of rows of teeth) abs. שִׁנַּ֫יִן Dn 7:7;—sf. שניה Kt (K§ 53, 2. b)), שִׁנַּהּ Qr, v 5, 19 (all of beasts in vision). שִׁנְּתֵהּ Dn 6:19 v. √ ישן