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title: שָׁאוֹן — roar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאוֹן (7588), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: roar. BDB 1906: n.m. roar crash, uproar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאוֹן

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«שָׁאוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roar** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 7588 · **BDB:** שָׁאוֹן

### Glosses

uproar (5); \[the\].uproar (3); the.uproar (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7588/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. roar crash, uproar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7588/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 10:14 roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar;—abs. שׁ׳ Ho 10:14 +; cstr. שְׁאוֹן Is 13:4 +; sf. שְׁאוֹנָהּ 5:14;— roar of water (waves), Is 17:12 (‖ הָמָה), sim. of noise of invading host, so v 13, but del. Du CheHpt. Marti, as doublet; roar of this host v 12 (‖ הָמוֹן), cf. שְׁאוֹן קוֹלָם Je 51:55; of waves also ψ 65:8(×2); of din or crash of battle Am 2:2 Ho 10:14 ψ 74:23; בְּנֵי שׁ׳ Je 48:45 (i.e. warriors); of battle in which י׳ beats down his foes Je 25:31, cf. Is 66:6; of gathering hosts Is 13:4; שׁ׳ זָרִים 25:5 (Du Marti, plausibly, גְּאוֹן זֵדֵים, as 13:11); read שׁ׳ also prob. (for שַׁאֲנָן, q.v.) 2 K 19:28 = Is 37:29; in mocking appell. of Pharaoh (Necho), Je 46:17 פ׳ (𝔊 𝔖 𝔙) קִרְאוּ שֵׁם call ye the name of Ph. a Crash. uproar of revellers Is 5:14; 24:8.—בּוֹר שׁ׳ ψ 40:3, pit of roaring (of waters? fig., cf. מַעֲמַקֵּי־מַיִם 69:3, where also ‖ יָוֵן); Thes al. of destruction (v. √ 2), but against usage of שָׁאוֹן; \> Du proposes בּוֹר שָׁוְא (cf. נָפַת שָׁוְא Is 30:28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7588/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.8/)

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מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ ׀ שְׁא֣וֹן יַ֭מִּים שְׁא֥וֹן גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם וַהֲמ֥וֹן לְאֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].calms \[the\].uproar of.\[the\].seas the.uproar their.waves their and.\[the\] tumult of.\[the\].peoples

*JPS 1917:* Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

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[Isaiah 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.8/)

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שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ תֻּפִּ֔ים חָדַ֖ל שְׁא֣וֹן עַלִּיזִ֑ים שָׁבַ֖ת מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ כִּנּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.tambourines it.has.stopped \[the\].uproar of.exultant.\[people\] it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.\[the\].harp

*JPS 1917:* The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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