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title: שָׁבָב — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבָב (7616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flame. BDB 1906: pl. splinters;. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבָב

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«שָׁבָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flame** — 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:** 7616 · **BDB:** שְׁבָבִים

### Glosses

fragments (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. splinters; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. probably splinters;—שׁ׳ יִהְיֶה עֵגֶל שֹׁמְרוֹן Ho 8:6 (cf. We; Vrss appar. conjecture).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.6/)

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כִּ֤י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְה֔וּא חָרָ֣שׁ עָשָׂ֔הוּ וְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים ה֑וּא כִּֽי־שְׁבָבִ֣ים יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עֵ֖גֶל שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[it is\].from.Israel and it a.craftsman he made.it and not \[is\].God it (dm) fragments it.will.become the.calf of.Samaria

*JPS 1917:* For from Israel is even this: the craftsman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers.

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