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title: בְּשֹׂרָה — tidings · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּשֹׂרָה (1309), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: tidings. BDB 1906: n.f. tidings. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּשֹׂרָה

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«בְּשֹׂרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tidings** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1309 · **BDB:** בְּשׂרָה

### Glosses

news (4); of.news (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tidings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1309/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tidings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1309/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tidings (cf. Arabic بِشَارَةٌ v. BaNB 61; Sab. בשרן DHM ZMG 1876, 672), 2 S 4:10 + 3 times; בְּשׂוֹרָה 2 S 18:25, 27— good tidings 2 K 7:9. tidings, news 2 S 18:20, 25; with טובה 2 S 18:27. reward for good tidings 2 S 4:10; 18:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּשֹׂרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1309/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 18:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.25/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֤א הַצֹּפֶה֙ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם־לְבַדּ֖וֹ בְּשׂוֹרָ֣ה בְּפִ֑יו וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ הָל֖וֹךְ וְקָרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.called.out the watchman and he.told to the king and he.said the king if he alone news \[is\].in mouth his and he.came coming and approaching

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said: 'If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.' And he came apace, and drew near.

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[2 Samuel 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.27/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַצֹּפֶ֔ה אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מְרוּצַ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת אֲחִימַ֣עַץ בֶּן־צָד֑וֹק וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אִֽישׁ־ט֣וֹב זֶ֔ה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the watchman I \[am\].seeing (et) the.running of the.first.\[one\] like the.running of.Ahimaaz the.son of.Zadok and he.said the king \[is\].a.man good this and with news good he.is.coming

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'

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