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title: שׁוּחָה — pit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּחָה (7745), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: pit. BDB 1906: n.f. pit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּחָה

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«שׁוּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7745 · **BDB:** שׁוּחָה

### Glosses

\[is\].a.pit (2); a.pit (2); pit\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7745/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7745/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pit;—abs. שׁ׳ Je 2:6 land of steppe and pits (coll.); fig., כָּרָה שׁ׳ לִי Je 18:20, so v 22 (Qr); עֲמֻקָּה Pr 23:27 deep pit (in fig. of harlot), cf. 22:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7745/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/)

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שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.pit deep \[the\].mouth of.strange.\[women\] \[one.who.is\].cursed of.Yahweh he.will.fall there

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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[Proverbs 23:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.27/)

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כִּֽי־שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].a.pit deep a.prostitute and.\[is\] a.well narrow a.foreign.\[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

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