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title: שִׁדָּה — wife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁדָּה (7705), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wife. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁדָּה

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«שִׁדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wife** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7705 · **BDB:** שִׁדָּה

### Glosses

breast (1); breasts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7705/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7705/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meaning unknown;—only s. et pl. שִׁדָּה וְשִׁדּוֹת Ec 2:8, apparently appos. of תַּעֲנֻגוֹת (𝔊 οἰνοχόον καὶ οἰνοχόας, i.e. שֹׁדֶה וְשֹׁדוֹת, from Aramaic שְׁדָא pour out \[but not spec. of wine\]; Aq κυλίκιον καὶ κυλίκια (cf. 𝔙), prob. from same √; Dl Prol. 97 Kö ii. 1. 161 Wildeb Siegf cp. Assyrian šadâdu, love (Siegf ‘Haremsperlen’), but this word lacks evidence; poss. שָׂרָה וְשָׂרוֹת, v. i. שָׂרָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7705/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.8/)

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כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* I.gathered for myself also silver and gold and treasure of.kings and (the) provinces I.acquired for myself male.singers and female.singers and the.delights of.the.children of.(the) humankind breast and breasts

*JPS 1917:* I gathered me also silver and gold, and treasure such as kings and the provinces have as their own; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, women very many.

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