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title: שָׁדַף — scorch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁדַף (7710), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: scorch. BDB 1906: vb. scorch, blight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁדַף

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«שָׁדַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scorch** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7710 · **BDB:** שָׁדַף

### Glosses

scorched (2); (the).scorched (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scorch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7710/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. scorch, blight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7710/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. scorch, blight (NH id.; Niph. Hithp. be blighted; J.Aram. שְׁדַף Ithpe. burn (up); Arabic سدف iv. be dark);— Pt. pass. cstr., of ears of grain, שְׁדוּפֹת קָדִים Gn 41:6 scorched by a sirocco, so שְׁדֻפוֹת ק׳ v 23, שׁ׳ הַקּ׳ v 27 (all E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁדַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7710/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.6/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים דַּקּ֖וֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain thin and scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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[Genesis 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.23/)

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וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and there! seven ears.of.grain withered thin scorched of.an.east.wind \[were\].springing.up after them

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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