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title: שְׁדֵפָה — blighted thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁדֵפָה (7711), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: blighted thing. BDB 1906: n.f. blighted blasted thing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁדֵפָה

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«שְׁדֵפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blighted thing** — 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:** 1 times · **Key:** 7711 · **BDB:** שְׁדֵפָה

### Glosses

scorching (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blighted thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7711/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. blighted blasted thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7711/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. blighted or blasted thing;—וּשׁ׳ לִפְנֵי קָמָה 2 K 19:26 a blasted thing before (the) standing grain, i.e. before maturity (\> שְׁדֵמָה field, as ‖ Is 37:27, cf. Di), but improb.; Th proposes וּשׁ׳ ל׳ קָדִים; Kit שְׁדֻף הַקָּדִים; We (and most since) וּשְׁדֵכָּֽה ׃ לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ וגו׳ (Che: וּשְׁפָיִים, for וּשְׁדֵפָה).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁדֵפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7711/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 19:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.26/)

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וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and inhabitants their \[were\].short of.hand they.were.dismayed and they.were.ashamed they.were vegetation of.\[the\].field and greenery of.fresh.grass grass of.roofs and scorching before standing.grain

*JPS 1917:* Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.

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