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title: שׁוֹט — scourge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוֹט (7752), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: scourge. BDB 1906: n.m. scourge, whip. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוֹט

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«שׁוֹט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scourge** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7752 · **BDB:** שׁוֹט

### Glosses

whips (4); a.scourge (3); a.whip (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scourge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7752/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. scourge, whip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7752/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 28:15 scourge, whip (NH id., so Arabic سَوْطٌ, سَاطَ (و) mix, stir about and beat; Ethiopic ሰውጥ: Aramaic שׁוֹטָא, ܫܰܘܛܳܐ; from foregoing? cf. Germ. streifen; or onomat., cf. swish, switch?);—שׁ׳ abs. Is 10:26 +, cstr. Jb 5:21; pl. שׁוֹטִים 1 K 12:11 +;— scourge, for chastisement, 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 12 (all c. vb. יִסַּר); fig. of national scourge (wielded by י׳) Is 10:26; 28:15 (Qr; \> Kt שׁיט), v 18 (both שׁ׳ שׁוֹטֵף, v. שׁטף), calamity Jb 9:23; lash of (accusing) tongue Jb 5:21 (read מִשּׁ׳ as 𝔊). whip, for horse, קוֹל שׁ׳ Na 3:2 i.e. crack of whip, שׁ׳ לַסּוּס Pr 26:3 (‖ שֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוֹט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7752/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.23/)

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אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃

*Word for word:* if a.scourge it.kills suddenly (to).\[the\] despair of.innocent.\[ones\] he.mocks

*JPS 1917:* If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.

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[Job 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.21/)

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בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] whip of.\[the\].tongue you.will.be.hidden and not you.will.be.afraid from destruction (dm) it.will.come

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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