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title: שָׁבִיב — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבִיב (7632), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.m. flame. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבִיב

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«שָׁבִיב» 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:** 7632 · **BDB:** שָׁבִיב

### Glosses

the.flame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7632/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7632/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. probably flame (Biblical Aramaic שְׁבִיב);—cstr. וְלֹא יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֹ Jb 18:5 (‖ אוֹר); so Ecclus 8:10; 45:19.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7632/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.5/)

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גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* also \[the\].light of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.extinguished and not it.shines the.flame his.fire his

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

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