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title: שְׁדֵמָה — field · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁדֵמָה (7709), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: field. BDB 1906: n.f. field. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁדֵמָה

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«שְׁדֵמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **field** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7709 · **BDB:** שְׁדֵמָה

### Glosses

fields (2); the.terraced.fields (2); a.field (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

field [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7709/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. field [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7709/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. field;—only pl.: abs. שְׁדֵמוֹת Hb 3:17 Je 31:40 Qr (\> Kt השׁרמות); cstr. שַׁדְמ(וֹ)ת Dt 32:32 + 2 times;—fields, as cultivated Dt 32:32, also (c. vb. sg.) Is 16:8; Hb 3:17; as locality 2 K 23:4, area Je 31:40.—שְׁדֵמָה Is 37:27 v. שְׁדֵפָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁדֵמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7709/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.32/)

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כִּֽי־מִגֶּ֤פֶן סְדֹם֙ גַּפְנָ֔ם וּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖ת עֲמֹרָ֑ה עֲנָבֵ֙מוֹ֙ עִנְּבֵי־ר֔וֹשׁ אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת מְרֹרֹ֖ת לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].from the.vine of.Sodom vine their and from the.terraced.fields of.Gomorrah grapes their \[are\].grapes of.poison clusters bitter \[belong\].to them

*JPS 1917:* For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter;

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[Isaiah 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.8/)

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כִּ֣י שַׁדְמוֹת֩ חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן אֻמְלָ֜ל גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ הָלְמ֣וּ שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ עַד־יַעְזֵ֥ר נָגָ֖עוּ תָּ֣עוּ מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.terraced.fields of.Heshbon it.has.languished the.vine\[s\] of.Sibmah rulers of.nations they.have.struck.down its.choice grapes to Jazer they.reached they.wandered \[the\].wilderness shoots its they.were.spread.out they.passed.over \[the\].sea

*JPS 1917:* For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, whose choice plants did overcome the lords of nations; they reached even unto Jazer, they wandered into the wilderness; her branches were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

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