What does שָׂנֵא · חִנָּם mean in the Bible?
שָׂנֵא · חִנָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "those hating me without cause".
Hebrew · H8130, H2600
שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם
To hate (personally) · gratis , i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
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שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate (personally)
Pronunciation sone
Personal animosity or active hostility; often marks relational rupture rather than mere dislike
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חִנָּם H2600 gratis , i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
What does שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם (son'ai chinnam) mean in the Bible?
שָׂנֵא · חִנָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "those hating me without cause".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8130, H2600?
H8130, H2600 is connected to 180 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. those hating me without cause
Source Gloss
those hating me without cause
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 70
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 67×
Perfect Amos 5:21 · Amos 6:8 · Jer 44:4 · Mal 1:3 · Prov 5:12 · Prov 8:13 · Ps 26:5 · Ps 31:7 · Ps 101:3 · Ps 119:104 · Ps 119:113 · Ps 119:128 · Ps 119:163 · Zech 8:17 · 2Sam 13:22 · Deut 12:31 31×
Participle active Deut 4:42 · Deut 19:4 · Deut 19:6 · Deut 19:11 · Exod 18:21 · Isa 61:8 · Job 34:17 · Josh 20:5 · Mic 3:2 · Prov 13:24 · Prov 15:10 · Prov 26:24 · Prov 27:6 · Prov 28:16 · Prov 29:24 · Ps 106:10 19×
Imperfect Prov 1:22 · Prov 29:10 · Prov 13:5 · Prov 26:28 · Lev 19:17 · Ps 139:21 6×
Participle passive 2Sam 5:8 · Deut 21:15 · Gen 29:31 · Gen 29:33 · Prov 30:23 5×
Infinitive construct Gen 37:5 · Gen 37:8 · Prov 8:13 3×
Sequential imperfect Amos 5:15 · Ps 97:10 2×
Infinitive absolute Judg 15:2 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Imperfect Prov 14:17 · Prov 14:20 2×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 1×
Participle active Ps 81:16 1×
Word Origins
שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain