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title: שַׁד — breast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁד (7699), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: breast. BDB 1906: n.m. breast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁד

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«שַׁד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breast** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 7699 · **BDB:** שַׁד²

### Glosses

breasts (14); breast (2); of.breasts (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7699/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. breast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7699/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 9:14 female breast;—abs. שָׁ֑ד La 4:3; elsewhere du. שָׁדַיִם Ho 9:14 +, cstr. שְׁדֵי Ez 23:21 +, sf. שָׁדַי Ct 1:13; 8:10, שָׁדַיִךְ 4:5 +, etc.;—breast: of woman Ho 2:4; Ez 16:7; 23:3, 21 (שְׁדֵי נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ, ‖ דַּדַּיִךְ), v 34 (\> del. 𝔊 Codd. Co;—all these of personif. people), Ct 1:13; 4:5; 7:4, 8, 9; 8:8, 10; of mother ψ 22:10, c. יָנַק suck Ct 8:1; Jb 3:12; Jo 2:16; Ho 9:14 (v. \[צָמַק\]); עֲתִיקֵ׳ מִשּׁ׳ Is 28:9 i.e. those already weaned, mature (‖ גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב).—Is 32:12 v. \[ספד\]. of animal La 4:3. both human and animal, בִּרְכוֹת שׁ׳ וָרָ֑חַם Gn 49:25 (poem in J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7699/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.9/)

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יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* people.tear.away from.\[the\] breast a.fatherless.one and on \[the\].poor they.take.pledges

*JPS 1917:* There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;

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[Song of Songs 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.4/)

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שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּשְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תָּאֳמֵ֥י צְבִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.two breasts your \[are\].like two fawns twins of.a.gazelle

*JPS 1917:* Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.

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