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title: שְׁחַת — corrupt · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁחַת (lemma:שְׁחַת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: corrupt. BDB 1906: vb. corrupt. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁחַת

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«שְׁחַת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **corrupt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁחַת · **BDB:** שְׁחַת

### Glosses

corruption (2); corrupt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

corrupt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. corrupt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. corrupt (𝔗J (once), Syriac ܫܰܚܶܛ; BH\[שָׁחַת\]);— Pt. pass. fs. שְׁחִיתָה Dn 2:9 corrupt word; as n. = fault 6:5(×2) (cf. 𝔗 ψ 17:3 Ru 4:22).

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁחַת: part. pass mutilated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** ; part. pass. שְׁחִית mutilated. Targ. Y. Lev. XXII, 24 (h. text נתוק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d7_5b7_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.9/)

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דִּ֣י הֵן־חֶלְמָא֩ לָ֨א תְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִי חֲדָה־הִ֣יא דָֽתְכ֗וֹן וּמִלָּ֨ה כִדְבָ֤ה וּשְׁחִיתָה֙ הִזְדְּמִנְתּוּן֙לְמֵאמַ֣ר קָֽדָמַ֔י עַ֛ד דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א לָהֵ֗ן חֶלְמָא֙ אֱמַ֣רוּ לִ֔י וְֽאִנְדַּ֕ע דִּ֥י פִשְׁרֵ֖הּ תְּהַחֲוֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* that if the dream not you will.make.known.to.me \[is\].one it decree your and a.word a.lie and corrupt you.have.agreed.together to say before me until that the time it.will.be.changed therefore the dream tell! to me and I.will.know (diy).that interpretation its you will.declare.to.me

*JPS 1917:* that, if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; and ye have agreed together to speak before me lying and corrupt words, till the time be changed; only tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can declare unto me the interpretation thereof.'

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[Daniel 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.5/)

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אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* then the overseers and the satraps they.were seeking an.occasion to find to Daniel from the.side of the.kingdom and any occasion and corruption not \[they.were\].able to find as to because that \[was\].trustworthy he and any negligence and corruption not it.was.found concerning him

*JPS 1917:* Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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