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title: שׁוּשַׁן — lily · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּשַׁן (7799), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: lily. BDB 1906: n.m. n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּשַׁן

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«שׁוּשַׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lily** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 7799 · **BDB:** שׁוּשַׁן

### Glosses

lilies (5); Shoshannim (3); of.a.lily (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lily [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7799/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7799/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. שׁוֹשַׁנָּה n.f. usually lily, prob. any lily-like flower (TristrNHB 462 ff. Post Hast. DB Lily Löw No. 323; NH שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, Arabic سَوْسَنٌ (Vulg. سُوسَنٌ), especially iris, Aramaic שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא, ܫܽܘܫܰܢܬܳܐ (PS 4344), Gk. σοῦσον LewyFremdw. 48; orig. loan-word from Egyptian sššn, šôšĕn, Erman ZMG xlvi (1892), 117);—lily: in sim., יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֹשַׁנָּה Ho 14:6 (of Isr.), כְּשׁוֹ׳ בֵּין הַחוֹחִים Ct 2:2 (sim. of bride), so cstr. שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים v 1 (cf. חֲבַצֶּלֶת); pl. שׁוֹשַׁנִּים 2:16; 4:5; 6:2, 3; 7:3 and (fig. of lover’s lips) 5:13; of flower-shaped capitals of pillars, מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוּשַׁן 1 K 7:19, מ׳ שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן v 22; cf. פֶּרַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן of brim of molten sea v 26, ‖ פ׳ שׁוֹשַׁנָּה 2 Ch 4:5; elsewhere only ψ-titles: עַל־שֹׁשַׁנִּים ψ 45:1; 69:1, עַל־שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת 60:1, אֶל־שֹׁשַׁנִּים עֵדוּת 80:1; meaning not clear, v. Bae et Comm. al.; yet cf. עֵדוּת, sub עוד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּשַׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7799/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ עַֽל־שׁוֹשַׁנִּ֬ים לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on Shoshannim of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

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[Song of Songs 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.1/)

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אֲנִי֙ חֲבַצֶּ֣לֶת הַשָּׁר֔וֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* I \[am\].the.crocus of.(the) Sharon (the).lily of the.valleys

*JPS 1917:* I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

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