Etymology?:
from šānan שָׁנַן ‘to sharpen’
Roots:
שׁנן
šēn n, f
1) tooth, ivory
1a) tooth
1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast
1b) tooth, tine (of fork)
1c) ivory
1c1) as material
1c2) of commerce
1d) sharp pointed rock
Mentioned in Genesis 49:12 Exodus 21:27, 21:24 Codex Leviticus 24:20 Numbers 11:33 Deuteronomy 32:24, 19:21 1 Samuel 14:4, 14:5, 2:13 1 Kings 22:39, 10:18 Jeremiah 31:29, 31:30 Ezekiel 18:2, 27:6, 27:15 Joel 1:6 Amos 3:15, 6:4, 4:6 Micah 3:5 Zechariah 9:7 Psalms 112:10, 57:5, 45:9, 3:8, 58:7, 124:6, 37:12, 35:16 Proverbs 30:14, 25:19, 10:26 Job 41:6, 16:9, 4:10, 13:14, 19:20, 29:17, 39:28 Song of Songs 4:2, 6:6, 7:5, 5:14 Lamentations 2:16, 3:16 2 Chronicles 9:17