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title: שֵׁאת — din · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁאת (7612), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: din. BDB 1906: n.f. devastation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁאת

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«שֵׁאת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **din** — 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:** 7612 · **BDB:** שֵׁאת

### Glosses

devastation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

din [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7612/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. devastation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7612/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. doubtful word; perhaps (for\* שֶׁאֶת) din of battle (= שָׁאוֹן); Thes al. devastation, cf. שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits הַשּׁ׳ La 3:47 (‖ הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but WeComp. Hex. 2, 351, from II. שׁוא, desolation); contr. (according to Thes and most) שֵׁת, in בְּנֵי שֵׁת Nu 24:17 (J) sons of (battle-)din (warriors, = בְּנֵי שָׁאוֹן in ‖ Je 48:45); Vrss take שֵׁת here as n.pr.; Gray proposes שֵׂת = שְׂאֵת, pride, or reading as Je, cf. WeComp. 351.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁאת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7612/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.47/)

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פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃

*Word for word:* terror and a.pit it.has.happened to us (the) devastation and (the) brokenness

*JPS 1917:* Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.

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