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  /ʃəməˈna ɛsˈreɪ; Yiddish ˈʃmonə ˈɛsreɪ/ noun 1. (Judaism) another name for Amidah

• Shemoneh-esreh

  [Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-moh-nuh es-rey; Sephardic Hebrew shuh-moh-ne es-rey] /Ashkenazic Hebrew ʃəˈmoʊ nə ˈɛs reɪ; Sephardic Hebrew ʃə moʊˈnɛ ɛsˈreɪ/ noun, Judaism. 1. the Amidah, consisting of 19 blessings, recited on days other than the Sabbath and holy days.

• Shemozzle

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• Shen

  a tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his “Ebenezer.” In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed, “the Shen.” The site is unknown.

• Shenandoah

  noun 1. a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. About 200 miles (322 km) long. 2. a valley in N Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains: Civil War campaigns 1862–64.

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