HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5570
סְנָאָה
se.na.ah — Senaah
§ Senaah or Hassenaah [with the article] = "thorny" ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
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Senaah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5574
סְנוּאָה
se.nu.ah — Hassenuah
Someone descended from Senaah (H5570) of the tribe of Levi before time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.7; including Hodaviah (H1938I) and Judah (H3063I); also called Hassenaah at Neh.3.3 Also named: se.na.ah (סְנָאָה "Hassenaah" H5570H) § Senuah or Hasenuah [with the art] = "bristling" a Benjamite
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Thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.