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title: שָׁאַב — draw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאַב (7579), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: draw. BDB 1906: vb. draw. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאַב

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«שָׁאַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **draw** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 7579 · **BDB:** שָׁאַב

### Glosses

draw (3); drawers (3); they.drew (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7579/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7579/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. draw (water) (NH id., also attract; Aramaic שְׁאֵיב, of magnet; Arabic سَأَبَ be satisfied with drinking);— Pf. 2 mpl. consec. וּשְׁאַבְהֶּם Is 12:3; Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּשְׁאַב Gn 24:20, -אָ֑ב v 45; 1 s. אֶשְׁאָ֑ב v 19, 44; 3 mpl. יִשְׁאֲבוּן Ru 2:9, וַיִּשְׁאֲבוּ 1 S 7:6 + 2 times; Imv. fs. שַׁאֲבִי Na 3:14; Pt. ms. שֹׁאֵב Dt 29:10, pl. cstr. שֹׁאֲבֵי Jos 9:21, 23, 27; fpl. הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת Gn 24:11;—draw water, c. acc. מַיִם Gn 24:13 (J), 1 S 7:6; 9:11, + מִן of source 2 S 23:16 = 1 Ch 11:8, Is 12:3 (fig.); מֵי מָצוֹר שׁ׳ לָךְ Na 3:14; מַיִם om. Gn 24:20, 43, 45 and (+ ל of animals) v 19, 20, 41 (all J); c. acc. אֲשֶׁר Ru 2:9 drink of that which the young men draw; Pt. fpl. Gn 24:11 the water-drawing women; m. שֹׁאֵב מֵימֶיךָ Dt 29:10 (servile labour, ‖ חֹטֵב עֵצֶיךָ), so mpl. Jos 9:21, 23, 27 (P; all c. ל, and all ‖ חֹטְבֵי עֵצִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7579/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.3/)

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וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.draw water with joy from the.springs of.(the) salvation

*JPS 1917:* Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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[Genesis 24:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.13/)

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הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב עַל־עֵ֣ין הַמָּ֑יִם וּבְנוֹת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר יֹצְאֹ֖ת לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* here! I \[am\].standing at the.spring of the.water and the.daughters of.the.people of the.city \[are\].coming.out to draw water

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

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