שַׁאֲנָן m. (b. h.; שאן to rest) 1) at ease, undisturbed. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXVIII אז … בטח וש׳ וכ׳ then Jacob dwelt in Canaan safe and undisturbed; Yalk. Gen. 138 בטח ש׳ ושליו. —2) rest, ease. Gen. R. s. 10 end ומה … ש׳ ונחת שלוה והשקט and what was created therein after he rested? Ease, rest, peace, and repose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) זכורה אני בטחון וש׳ ושלוה שהייתי וכ׳ I remember the confidence and ease and contentment in which I used to dwell; a. e.