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title: שָׂהֵד — witness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂהֵד (7717), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: witness. BDB 1906: witness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂהֵד

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«שָׂהֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **witness** — 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:** 7717 · **BDB:** שָׂהֵד

### Glosses

witness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

witness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7717/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

witness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7717/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] witness (Aramaic loan-word = Heb. עֵד; √ סְהַד, ܣܗܰܕ );—sf. שָֽׂהֲדִי Jb 16:19 (‖ עֵדִי).—שָֽׂהֲדוּתָא Gn 31:47 v. Biblical Aramaic Lex.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «שָׂהֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7717/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.19/)

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גַּם־עַ֭תָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם עֵדִ֑י וְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗י בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* also now there! \[is\].in the heavens witness my and witness my \[is\].in.(the) high places

*JPS 1917:* Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.

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