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title: שֹׁד — violence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁד (7701), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: violence. BDB 1906: n.m. violence, havoc, devastation, ruin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁד

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«שֹׁד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **violence** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 7701 · **BDB:** שֹׁד²

### Glosses

devastation (15); violence (3); destruction (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

violence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. violence, havoc, devastation, ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (v. infr.) n.m. violence, havoc, devastation, ruin;—שׁ׳ abs. Ho 7:13 +; cstr. Is 22:4 +;— violence, havoc, as social sin: חָמָס וָשֹׁד Am 3:10; Je 6:7; 20:8; Ez 45:9, שׁ׳ וְח׳ Hb 1:3, כָּזָב וָשׁ׳ Ho 12:2 (l. וָשָׁוְא, 𝔊 We Marti al.), שׁ׳ יָשֶׁבֶר Is 59:7; 60:18; Pr 24:2 (‖ עָמָל; שׁ׳ רְשָׁעִים Pr 21:7; c. genit. obj. שׁ׳ עֲנִיִּים ψ 12:6. devastation, ruin, for nation Ho 7:13, כְּשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבוֹא Is 13:6 (sim. of יוֹם י׳) = Jo 1:15; Is 16:4; (Lo Gr CheHpt Marti שֹׁדֵד; ‖ רֹמֵס), 22:4, שׁ׳ וְשֶׁבֶר 51:19; Je 48:3; more gen. Am 5:9(×2); for individ. Jb 5:21 (van d. H. שׁוֹד), v 22; for beasts Hb 2:17 (+ חֲמַס לְבָנוֹן).—Ho 10:14 v. שׁדד Inf.—מִשֹּׁר (הָֽלְכוּ) Ho 9:6 read אַשּׁוּר We Now Marti.—ii. שֹׁד, v. שׁדה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 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 «שֹׁד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/)

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ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].sound of.a.cry.of.distress from Horonaim devastation and destruction great

*JPS 1917:* Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

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[Proverbs 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.7/)

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שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].violence of.wicked.\[people\] it will.drag.them.away (dm) they.refuse to do justice

*JPS 1917:* The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

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