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title: שָׁבַח — laud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבַח (7623), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: laud. BDB 1906: vb. laud, praise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבַח

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«שָׁבַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **laud** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7623 · **BDB:** שָׁבַח²

### Glosses

boast (2); extol (2); I.commend (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

laud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7623/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. laud, praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7623/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. laud, praise (late Aramaism, cf. Aramaic (incl. Old Aramaic) שׁבח, ܫܒܚ, Pa. praise; v. SchwallyIdiot. 91 SchulthLex.);— laud, praise God (י׳): Impf. 3 mpl. sf. יְשַׁבְּח֑וּנְךָ ψ 63:4 (‖ בֵּרַךְ); Imv. fs. שַׁבְּחִי 147:12, mpl. sf. שַׁבְּח֫וּהוּ 117:1 (both ‖ הִלֵּל); his works, Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׁבַּח 145:4 (‖ הִגִּיד). commend, congratulate, the dead, Inf. abs. שַׁבֵּחַ Ec 4:2 (Ges§ 113 gg; c. מִן comp.); mirth, as best thing, Pf. 1 s. שִׁבַּחְתִּי Ec 8:15. boast of (בְּ): Inf. cstr. הִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ ψ 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35, 𝔊 (ἐλ)καυχᾶσθαι ἐν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7623/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 147:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.12/)

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שַׁבְּחִ֣י יְ֭רוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה הַֽלְלִ֖י אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ צִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* extol O.Jerusalem (et) Yahweh praise God your O.Zion

*JPS 1917:* Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

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[Psalms 63:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.4/)

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כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַ֭סְדְּךָ מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים שְׂפָתַ֥י יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].good loyalty your.covenant more than.life lips my they will.extol.you

*JPS 1917:* For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.

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