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The Hebrew Roots
Shin
By Jeff A. Benner

Parent Root
שב   /   ShB

Verb: Turn       Noun: Seat

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph s is a picture of the two front teeth representing pressing, the b is a picture of tent. Combined these mean "Press to the tent".
Root Meaning: A place of dwelling as the place returned to. A turning back or away from someone or something. A captive is one turned away from a place of dwelling.
Edenics: shove
AHLB#: 1462

Child Root: / שבב / ShBB   Verb: Turn   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1462 B

Child Root: / שאב / ShAB   Verb: Draw water   Noun: Well
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1462 D

Child Root: / שבה / ShBH   Verb: Capture   Noun: Captive
Root Meaning: A forcible turning away from ones homeland to another place.
AHLB#: 1462 H

Child Root: / שוב / ShWB   Verb: Turn   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A turning back to a previous state or place.
AHLB#: 1462 J

Child Root: / ישב / YShB   Verb: Sit   Noun: Dwelling
Root Meaning: A place of dwelling as the place returned to.
AHLB#: 1462 L

Child Root: / שיב / ShYB   Verb: Turn   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1462 M

Adopted Root: / חשב / HhShB   Verb: Design   Noun: ? / Invention
Root Meaning: The process of designing a pattern or plan for an action or device.
AHLB#: 2213

Adopted Root: / סבך / SBK   Verb: Interweave   Noun: Net
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2459

Adopted Root: / שבס / ShBS   Verb: Weave   Noun: Wreath
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2807

Adopted Root: / שבץ / ShBTs   Verb: Weave   Noun: Plait / Anguish
Root Meaning: A crisscross pattern of weaving.
AHLB#: 2809

Adopted Root: / שבת / ShBT   Verb: Cease   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: The ceasing of work or activity in order to rest.
AHLB#: 2812

Adopted Root: / שכב / ShKB   Verb: Lay   Noun: Bed / Copulation
Root Meaning: A laying down for copulation.
AHLB#: 2834




Parent Root
שח   /   ShHh

Verb: Sink       Noun: Pit

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of the teeth representing sharpness, the is a picture of wall. Combined these mean "sharp walls".
Root Meaning: A pit dug into the ground for the purpose of trapping someone or something. To go down or sink down as going into the pit.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1468

Child Root: / שחח / ShHhHh   Verb: Sink   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A bringing down low are a sinking feeling.
AHLB#: 1468 B

Child Root: / שחה / ShHhH   Verb: Bow   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A full bowing to another in respect by getting on the knees and pressing the face to the ground.
AHLB#: 1468 H

Child Root: / שוח / ShWHh   Verb: Sink   Noun: Pit
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1468 J

Child Root: / ישח / YShHh   Verb: Sink   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1468 L

Child Root: / שיח / ShYHh   Verb: ?   Noun: Pit
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1468 M

Adopted Root: / חשך / HhShK   Verb: Darken   Noun: Dark / Darkness
Root Meaning: As the darkness of a moonless night.
AHLB#: 2215

Adopted Root: / רחש / RHhSh   Verb: Boil   Noun: Pot
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2766

Adopted Root: / שחט / ShHhTh   Verb: Strike   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: The striking of a knife (or other weapon) for slaughtering or a hammer to pound out metal.
AHLB#: 2823

Adopted Root: / שחל / ShHhL   Verb: ?   Noun: Lion
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2824

Adopted Root: / שחף / ShHhP   Verb: ?   Noun: Thin
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2826

Adopted Root: / שחר / ShHhR   Verb: Dark   Noun: Dawn
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2829

Adopted Root: / שחת / ShHhT   Verb: Destroy   Noun: ? / Destruction
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2830

Adopted Root: / שחק / ShHhQ   Verb: Beat   Noun: Powder
Root Meaning: A repetitive beating or pounding to pulverize or to make small such as the tumbling of stones in a river.
AHLB#: 2828

Adopted Root: / שקע / ShQAh   Verb: Sink   Noun: Deep
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2876




Parent Root
שם   /   ShM

Verb: Breathe       Noun: Breath / Desolate

Pictographic Meaning: ?
Root Meaning: The wind, or breath, of someone or something is its character.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1473

Child Root: / שמם / ShMM   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Desolate
Root Meaning: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert. One in horror or in astonishment is one dried up in the inside.
AHLB#: 1473 B

Child Root: / אשם / AShM   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Guilt
Root Meaning: One with a character of wrongdoing.
AHLB#: 1473 C

Child Root: / שהם / ShHM   Verb: ?   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1473 G

Child Root: / שמה / ShMH   Verb: ?   Noun: Sky
Root Meaning: The breath of the sky.
AHLB#: 1473 H

Child Root: / שום / ShWM   Verb: Smell   Noun: Garlic
Root Meaning: A sense of smell from breathing.
AHLB#: 1473 J

Child Root: / ישם / YShM   Verb: ?   Noun: Desert / Desolate
Root Meaning: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert.
AHLB#: 1473 L

Adopted Root: / גשם / GShM   Verb: Rain   Noun: Rain
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2090

Adopted Root: / נשם / NShM   Verb: Pant   Noun: Breath
Root Meaning: The breath of man or god. The breath is more than the exchange of air but the character of the individual.
AHLB#: 2443

Adopted Root: / שמד / ShMD   Verb: Destroy   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A complete annihilation or extermination.
AHLB#: 2848

Adopted Root: / שמט / ShMTh   Verb: Shake   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A letting go or throwing down by shaking loose.
AHLB#: 2849

Adopted Root: / שמן / ShMN   Verb: ?   Noun: Oil
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2850

Adopted Root: / שמע / ShMAh   Verb: Hear   Noun: Report / Obedience
Root Meaning: A careful hearing of someone or something as well as responding appropriately in obedience or action.
AHLB#: 2851

Adopted Root: / שמש / ShMSh   Verb: ?   Noun: Sun
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2854




Parent Root
שן   /   ShN

Verb: Sharp       Noun: Teeth

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph s is a picture of the teeth, the is a picture of a seed representing continuance. Combined these mean "teeth continue".
Root Meaning: The two front teeth are sharp and used for cutting foods by pressing down.
Edenics: shine - from the whiteness of the teeth
AHLB#: 1474

Child Root: / שנן / ShNN   Verb: Sharp   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: From the sharpness of the front teeth.
AHLB#: 1474 B

Child Root: / שאן / ShAN   Verb: Rest   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1474 D

Child Root: / שנא / ShNA   Verb: Sleep   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1474 E

Child Root: / שנה / ShNH   Verb: ?   Noun: Two
Root Meaning: A repeating of the first or what was before.
AHLB#: 1474 H

Child Root: / ישן / YShN   Verb: ?   Noun: Previous
Root Meaning: What was before the second.
AHLB#: 1474 L




Parent Root
שע   /   ShAh

Verb: Watch       Noun: Shepherd / Delight

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of the teeth used for devouring or destruction, the is a picture of the eye. Combined these mean "destroyer watches".
Root Meaning: The shepherd carefully watches over the flock and the surrounding area always on the lookout for danger. When a predator comes to attack, the shepherd destroys the enemy.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1476

Child Root: / שעע / ShAhAh   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Delight
Root Meaning: The shepherd takes delight in his sheep.
AHLB#: 1476 B

Child Root: / שעה / ShAhH   Verb: Watch   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: The shepherd inspects and watches over the flock with compassion and protection.
AHLB#: 1476 H

Child Root: / שוע / ShWAh   Verb: Cry   Noun: ? / Trouble
Root Meaning: When the sheep are in trouble they will cry out and the shepherd will deliver them.
AHLB#: 1476 J

Child Root: / ישע / YShAh   Verb: Rescue   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: When one of the flock is in trouble, the shepherd rescues it.
AHLB#: 1476 L

Adopted Root: / שען / ShAhN   Verb: Lean   Noun: Staff / Support
Root Meaning: The staff carried by the shepherd is his support.
AHLB#: 2861

Adopted Root: / שקד / ShQD   Verb: Watch   Noun: Eye
Root Meaning: Eyes open wide for watching carefully.
AHLB#: 2872

Adopted Root: / שקף / ShQP   Verb: Look   Noun: Window
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2877




Parent Root
שר   /   ShR

Verb: Tie       Noun: Cord

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of the teeth representing pressure, the is a picture of the head representing the top or beginning. Combined these mean "press the beginning".
Root Meaning: Ropes and cords were usually made of bark strips such as from the cedar or from the sinew (tendon) of an animal. The rope is made by twisting two fibers together. A single fiber is attached to a fixed point (top), and the two ends of the fiber are brought together. One fiber is twisted in a clockwise direction and wrapped over the other fiber in counter clockwise direction. The second fiber is then twisted in clockwise direction then wrapped around the first fiber in a counter clockwise direction. The process is repeated through the length of the rope. The twisting of the fibers in opposite directions causes the fibers to lock (press) onto each other making a stronger rope. The rope is used to tightly secure or support something, such as a load to a cart or the poles of the tent.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1480

Child Root: / שרר / ShRR   Verb: ?   Noun: Cord
Root Meaning: Sinews were used for making cords by twisting them together. The umbilical cord, and navel, as a cord that binds the infant to the mother.
AHLB#: 1480 B

Child Root: / אשר / AShR   Verb: ?   Noun: Straight / Happy
Root Meaning: A cord pulled tight is straight.
AHLB#: 1480 C

Child Root: / שאר / ShAR   Verb: Remain   Noun: Relative
Root Meaning: When the nomadic tribe was larger than could be maintained the family divided in the sense of severing the umbilical cord.
AHLB#: 1480 D

Child Root: / שרה / ShRH   Verb: Loose   Noun: Cord
Root Meaning: The tying around of something with a cord, or the loosening of it.
AHLB#: 1480 H

Child Root: / שור / ShWR   Verb: ?   Noun: Caravan
Root Meaning: A group that travels around an area carrying loads. The bull is used as a beast of burden to carry loads.
AHLB#: 1480 J

Child Root: / ישר / YShR   Verb: ?   Noun: Cord
Root Meaning: A tight rope is straight. A righteous one is one who is straight and firmly holds up truth just as the cord is straight and firmly holds the wall of the tent upright.
AHLB#: 1480 L

Child Root: / שיר / ShYR   Verb: Sing   Noun: Music
Root Meaning: A stringed musical instrument uses thin cords for making music.
AHLB#: 1480 M

Adopted Root: / כשר / KShR   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Prosperity
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2294

Adopted Root: / שגר / ShGR   Verb: ?   Noun: Birth
Root Meaning: The offspring that comes out of the womb.
AHLB#: 2816

Adopted Root: / שזר / ShZR   Verb: Twist   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A twisting of twine into a cord.
AHLB#: 2821



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