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title: שָׁזַר — be twisted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁזַר (7806), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: be twisted. BDB 1906: vb. be twisted. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁזַר

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«שָׁזַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be twisted** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 7806 · **BDB:** שָׁזַר

### Glosses

twisted (21)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be twisted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7806/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be twisted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7806/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be twisted (NH שָׁזַר twist; cf. Arabic شَزَرَ look askew at, also twist cord from the left BaES 49 (expl. שׁ, for normal שׂ, as dissim. before ז), JacobAr. Dichter i. 52);—Pt. שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר Ex 26:1, 31, 36 + 17 times Ex (P); שֵׁשׁ om. 39:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «שָׁזַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7806/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.16/)

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כָּל־קַלְעֵ֧י הֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* all the.curtains of the.courtyard all.around \[were\].fine.linen twisted

*JPS 1917:* All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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[Exodus 39:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.24/)

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וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ עַל־שׁוּלֵ֣י הַמְּעִ֔יל רִמּוֹנֵ֕י תְּכֵ֥לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן וְתוֹלַ֣עַת שָׁנִ֑י מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.made on the.skirts of the.robe pomegranates of.violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet twisted

*JPS 1917:* And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

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