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Shen (שן) means tooth in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שֵׁן
shen
noun · feminine
In English

tooth

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Shen.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    מבנה קשיח דמוי עצם, אשר רבים כמותו סדורים בפה, על־גבי הלסתות, והם משמשים לחיתוך ולעיסת המזון.
    חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּיִן; וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָב.
  2. 2
    בליטה חדה בכלי.
    וּמִשְׁפַּט הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָעָם, כָּל־אִישׁ זֹבֵחַ זֶבַח; וּבָא נַעַר הַכֹּהֵן כְּבַשֵּׁל הַבָּשָׂר, וְהַמַּזְלֵג שְׁלֹשׁ־הַשִּׁנַּיִם בְּיָדוֹ.
  3. 3
    החומר ממנו עשויות השניים (1).
    וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּסֵּא־שֵׁן גָּדוֹל; וַיְצַפֵּהוּ זָהָב מוּפָז.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shen is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
שֵׁן
Written without vowel points
שן
Said
shen
Root
ש־נ־נ
Pattern
קֵטֶל
Plural
שִׁנַּיִם
Inflections
שֵׁן־ גם שֶׁן־; ר' שִׁנַּיִם, שִׁנֵּי־
Gematria
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This is how Shen is said in other languages.

English
tooth
Arabic
سن
Russian
зуб
French
dent
Spanish
diente
German
Zahn
Yiddish
צאָן

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These words rhyme with Shen.

The word Shen is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Shen comes from the root ש־נ־נ, like these words.

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What does Shen (⁨שן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shen (⁨שן⁩) means tooth. It is said shen, with the stress on shen.

What is a synonym for Shen (⁨שן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Shen (⁨שן⁩) are ⁨זיז⁩, ⁨חף⁩, ⁨שנהב⁩, ⁨סין⁩, and ⁨חט⁩.

What rhymes with Shen (⁨שן⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shen (⁨שן⁩) include ⁨בן⁩, ⁨זקן⁩, ⁨התקן⁩, ⁨כן⁩, ⁨מאפיין⁩, and ⁨בין⁩.

Is Shen (⁨שן⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shen (⁨שן⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨שִׁנַּיִם⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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