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title: חַשְׁרָה — collection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַשְׁרָה (2841), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: collection. BDB 1906: n.f. collection, mass. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַשְׁרָה

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«חַשְׁרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collection** — 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:** 2841 · **BDB:** חַשְׁרָה

### Glosses

a.sieve (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2841/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. collection, mass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2841/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. collection, mass, only (si vera l.) חַשְׁרַת־מַיִם 2 S 22:12 (חֶשְׁכַּת in ‖ ψ 18:12).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַשְׁרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2841/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.12/)

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וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.put darkness around him shelters a.sieve of.waters dark.clouds of.clouds

*JPS 1917:* And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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