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title: שַׂהֲרֹנִים — moon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂהֲרֹנִים (7720), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: moon. BDB 1906: moon crescent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂהֲרֹנִים

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«שַׂהֲרֹנִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moon** — 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:** 7720 · **BDB:** שַׂהֲרוֹן

### Glosses

ornaments (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7720/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

moon crescent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7720/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] moon, or crescent;—only pl. הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים of (non-Israel.) ornaments of camels Ju 8:21, kings v 26, women Is 3:18, 𝔊 μηνίσκοι, 𝔙 (Is 3:18) lunulae; on crescent as ornament v. Dozyii. 760 LaneEgypt. ii. 314 PerlesAnal. 79, cf. Frä58.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «שַׂהֲרֹנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7720/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.18/)

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בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יָסִ֣יר אֲדֹנָ֗י אֵ֣ת תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת הָעֲכָסִ֛ים וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖ים וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that he.will.remove Lord \[the\] (et) the.splendor of the.anklets and the amulets and the ornaments

*JPS 1917:* In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;

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[Judges 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.21/)

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וַיֹּ֜אמֶר זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע ק֤וּם אַתָּה֙ וּפְגַע־בָּ֔נוּ כִּ֥י כָאִ֖ישׁ גְּבוּרָת֑וֹ וַיָּ֣קָם גִּדְע֗וֹן וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ אֶת־זֶ֣בַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־הַשַּׂ֣הֲרֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Zebah and Zalmunna arise you and fall on us (dm) \[is\].like the man strength his and he.arose Gideon and he.killed (et) Zebah and (et) Zalmunna and he.took (et) the ornaments which \[were\].on the.necks their.camels their

*JPS 1917:* Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.' And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

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