שׁנן shânan shaw-nan' A primitive root; to point (transitively or intransitively); intensively to pierce; figuratively to inculcateKJV Usage: prick, sharp (-en), teach diligently, whet.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitionsשׁנן 1. to sharpen, whet a. (Qal) to whet, sharpen b. (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively) c. (Hithpolel) to be pierced Origin: a primitive root TWOT: 2422 Parts of Speech: Verb