שׂוֹנֵא, hater, enemy. Snh. III, 5 האוהב והש׳ a friend and an enemy (are disqualified as witness or judge); ש׳ כל שלא דבר וכ׳ an enemy is he who has not spoken to the person concerned for the last three days on account of his hostility. B. Mets. 32ᵇ אוהב לפרוק וש׳ לטעון מצוה בש׳ וכ׳ if there is a friend that needs help to unload, and an enemy that needs help to load, it is proper to help the enemy in order to bend his animosity. Ib. ש׳ דקרא the case of the enemy mentioned in the Scripture (Ex. XXIII, 5, where the release of the beast is concerned), ש׳ דמתניתן that of our Boraitha (just quoted). Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXIII מי שעושה שׁוֹנְאוֹ אוהבו ed. Schechter (a hero is he) who makes his enemey to be his friend; a. e.—Pl. שׂוֹנְאִים, שׂוֹנְאִין. Sot. 9ᵃ משה ודוד שלא שלטו שׂוֹנְאֵיהֶם וכ׳ Moses and David over whose works their enemies got no control; a. fr.—Succ. 29ᵃ, a. fr. שונאיהם של ישראל euphem. for Israel