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title: שַׁדַּי — sufficient · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁדַּי (7706), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: sufficient. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁדַּי

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«שַׁדַּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sufficient** — 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:** 48 times · **Key:** 7706 · **BDB:** שַׁדַּי

### Glosses

Almighty (18); \[the\].Almighty (17); of.\[the\].Almighty (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sufficient [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7706/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. infr. אַשְׁדוֹד v. p. 78; \> here, Thes al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁדַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7706/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 91:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.1/)

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יֹ֭שֵׁב בְּסֵ֣תֶר עֶלְי֑וֹן בְּצֵ֥ל שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְלוֹנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].dwells in the.shelter of.the.Most.High in the.shadow of.\[the\].Almighty he.will.lodge

*JPS 1917:* O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;

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[Job 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.3/)

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הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

*Word for word:* ? God does.he.pervert justice and or? \[the\].Almighty does.he.pervert righteousness

*JPS 1917:* Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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