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title: שָׁחַד — give a present · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחַד (7809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: give a present. BDB 1906: vb. give present, bribe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחַד

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«שָׁחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **give a present** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7809 · **BDB:** שָׁחַד

### Glosses

give.a.reward (1); you.have.bribed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

give a present [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. give present, bribe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. give a present, bribe (Ecclus 35:14; Aramaic שְׁחַד, ܫܚܰܕ bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, DlWB 643);— Impf. 2 fs., acc. pers. וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי אוֹתָם Ez 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֹא; ‖ נָתַן נְדָנִים); read prob. also Inf. cstr. sf. שַׁחֲדָהּ Is 47:11 to buy it off (for MT שַׁחְרָה, so Kr Gr Buhl CheHpt. Heb. 142, cf. Marti; v. Pr 6:35); Imv. mpl. שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי (Ges§ 64 a) Jb 6:22 give a bribe for me.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.22/)

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הֲ‍ֽכִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי הָ֣בוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם שִׁחֲד֥וּ בַעֲדִֽי׃

*Word for word:* ? (dm) have.I.said give to me and from wealth your give.a.reward for me

*JPS 1917:* Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?

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[Ezekiel 16:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.33/)

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לְכָל־זֹנ֖וֹת יִתְּנוּ־נֵ֑דֶה וְאַ֨תְּ נָתַ֤תְּ אֶת־נְדָנַ֙יִךְ֙ לְכָל־מְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְ וַתִּשְׁחֳדִ֣י אוֹתָ֗ם לָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֛יִךְ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* to all prostitutes men.give a.gift and you you.have.given (et) gifts your to all lovers your and you.have.bribed them to come to you from round.about by prostitution(s) your

*JPS 1917:* to all harlots gifts are given; but thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hast bribed them to come unto thee from every side in thy harlotries.

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