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title: בֹּשֶׁת — shame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּשֶׁת (1322), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: shame. BDB 1906: n.f. shame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּשֶׁת

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«בֹּשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shame** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 1322 · **BDB:** בֹ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

shame (19); the.shame (6); their.shame (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1322/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. shame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1322/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. shame Jb 8:22 + 20 times; sf. בָּשְׁתִּי ψ 69:20 + 7 times shame 1 S 20:30(×2) ψ 40:16; 69:20; 70:4 Is 30:3, 5; 42:17; 61:7 Je 2:26; 3:25; 20:18 Hb 2:10 Zp 3:5, 19; לָבַשׁ בֹּשֶׁת clothe with shame Jb 8:22 ψ 35:26; 132:18; ‖ עטה בשׁת ψ 109:29; בֹּשֶׁת (ה)פָּנִים shame (or confusion) of face 2 Ch 32:21 Ezr 9:7 Dn 9:7, 8, cf. ψ 44:16 Je 7:19, בֹּשֶׁת עֲלוּמֶיךָ shame of thy youth Is 54:4; עֶרְיָה־בֹשֶׁת nakedness (that is) shame Mi 1:11 cf. ψ 45:5; בֹּשֶׁת עֶרְוַת אמך 1 S 20:30. shameful thing, substituted for בַּעַל (q.v.) by later editors, Ho 9:10 Je 3:24; מִזְבְּחוֹת לַבֹּשֶׁת Je 11:13, cf. יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת 2 S 11:21 = יְרֻבַּעַל Ju 6:32; אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת 2 S 2:8 = אֶשְׁבַּעַל 1 Ch 8:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֹּשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1322/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.22/)

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שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[those who\].hate.you they.will.be.clothed shame and.\[the\] tent of.wicked.\[people\] it.\[will\] not.\[be\]

*JPS 1917:* They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

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[Psalms 70:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.70.4/)

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יָ֭שׁוּבוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָ֝אֹמְרִ֗ים הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃

*Word for word:* may.they.turn.back on the.consequence their.shame their \[those who\].say aha! aha!

*JPS 1917:* Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; and let such as love Thy salvation say continually: 'Let God be magnified.'

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