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title: שֵׂחַ — thought · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׂחַ (7808), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thought. BDB 1906: thought. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׂחַ

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«שֵׂחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thought** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7808 · **BDB:** שֵׂחַ²

### Glosses

thought (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thought [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7808/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thought [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7808/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thought;—sf. מַגִּיד לְאָדָם מַה־ שֵּׂחוֹ Am 4:13; read prob. שִׂחוֹ (against BaNB 79, 80) unless otherwise corrupt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׂחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7808/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.4.13/)

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כִּ֡י הִנֵּה֩ יוֹצֵ֨ר הָרִ֜ים וּבֹרֵ֣א ר֗וּחַ וּמַגִּ֤יד לְאָדָם֙ מַה־שֵּׂח֔וֹ עֹשֵׂ֥ה שַׁ֙חַר֙ עֵיפָ֔ה וְדֹרֵ֖ךְ עַל־בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֑רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) here! \[one.who\].formed mountains and \[one.who\].created wind and \[one.who\].tells to humankind what? thought \[is\].his \[one.who\].makes (of).dawn darkness and \[one.who\].treads on \[the\].high.places of.\[the\].earth \[is\].Yahweh God of.hosts name his

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, is His name.

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