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title: שְׁבַשׁ — be perplexed · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁבַשׁ (lemma:שְׁבַשׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: be perplexed. BDB 1906: vb. be perplexed. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבַשׁ

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«שְׁבַשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be perplexed** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁבַשׁ · **BDB:** שְׁבַשׁ

### Glosses

\[were\].dumbfounded (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be perplexed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be perplexed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be perplexed (𝔗 id., entangle, beguile, NH שָׁבַשׁ confuse, dis-arrange; cf. Assyrian šabâšu, turn, about; Syriac ܫܰܒܶܫ flatter, allure, SchulthHom. Wurz. 90; so Mand. Pa. שב֘ש NöM 49; cf. Arabic شَوَّشَ (as loan-word Nöl.c.) confuse);—Pt. pl. מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁין Dn 5:9.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁבַשׁ: Pa. to branch off, send forth branches Pe. to cut branches, harvest grapes to entangle, confound, overpower Ithpa. to be entangled to be confounded to blunder, be mistaken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , Pa. שַׁבֵּישׁ (denom. of שִׁבְשָׁא) to branch off, send forth branches. Targ. Ps. LXXX, 12 שַׁבֵּישְׁתָּא Ms. (ed. Wil. שְׁבֵשַׁת, Pe.). to cut branches, harvest grapes. B. Mets. 73ᵃ, v. שַׁבָּשָׁא. (v. preced.) to entangle, confound, overpower. Targ. Jer. XX, 7 (h. text פתה); Targ. II Esth. I, 2. Targ. Koh. V, 1.—Part. pass. מְשַׁבַּשׁ; pl. מְשַׁבְּשִׁין. Targ. Job XL, 17 (Ms. מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁין Ithpa.; h. text ישרגו).—Yeb. 75ᵇ לשַׁבּוּשֵׁיה למרימר וכ׳ he only wanted to confuse M’remar (test his ingenuity). Ib. 108ᵇ איידי … אזל מְשַׁבֵּשׁ וכ׳ because she is familiar with his hints and signs, he may confuse (have undue influence over) her and remarry her. Ib. הא כבר שַׁבְּשָׁהּ ולא אִישַּׁבְּשָׁא (not שבשא) he has before tried to influence her, and she was not influenced. Ned. 89ᵇ שַׁבְּשֵׁיה ואנסביה וכ׳ (not ואינסיב, Rashi שיבשיה) he persuaded him and made him take a wife. to be entangled. Targ. Lam. I, 14 (ed. Lag. a. oth. אתיבשו, oth. ed. איתבשו, corr. acc.; h. text ישתרגו). to be confounded. Targ. Jer. l. c. (h. text ואפת). Ib. L, 36 (h. text נֹאָלוּ). Targ. Ez. XXIV, 10.—Yeb. l. c., אִישַּׁבְּשָׁא (marg. corr. אִשְׁתַּבְּשָׁא), v. supra.—Esp. to blunder, be mistaken. Pes. 17ᵃ אישתבש כהני the answer of the priests was erroneous. Shebu. 28ᵇ אִישְׁתַּבְּשַׁת thou art mistaken; Zeb. 26ᵃ.—V. מְשַׁבֶּשְׁתָּא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.9/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃

*Word for word:* then the king Belshazzar exceedingly \[was\].alarmed and brightness(es) his \[were\].changing on him and nobles his \[were\].dumbfounded

*JPS 1917:* Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

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