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title: שֹׁחַד — present · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁחַד (7810), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: present. BDB 1906: n.m. present bribe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁחַד

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«שֹׁחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 23 times · **Key:** 7810 · **BDB:** שֹׁ֫חַד

### Glosses

a.bribe (14); bribe (4); of.a.bribe (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

present [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7810/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. present bribe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7810/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. present, specif. bribe;—שׁ׳ abs. Is 1:23 + 22 times;—bribe, usually to pervert justice, obj. of לָקַח Ex 23:8a (E), = Dt 16:19a; Dt 10:17; 1 S 8:3; 2 Ch 19:7 ψ 15:5; Pr 17:23; + inf., take bribe to do something, Dt 27:25; Ez 22:12; אָהַב שׁ׳ Is 1:23; cf. also 5:23; 33:15 Ex 23:8b (E) = Dt 16:19b, Mi 3:11 ψ 26:10; Pr 17:8; 21:14; אָהֳלֵי־שׁ׳ Jb 15:34, i.e. abode of bribe-givers; שׁ׳ Pr 6:35 (‖ כֹּפֶר) is hush-money, or (poss.) legal compensation (cf. Toy); שׁ׳ elsewhere (c. שָׁלַח) of bribing king to take sides 1 K 15:19; 2 K 16:8, cf. Is 45:13 (‖ מְחִיר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7810/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.34/)

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כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.company of.\[the\].godless \[is\].barren and fire it.consumes \[the\].tents of.a.bribe

*JPS 1917:* For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

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[Proverbs 17:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.23/)

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שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.bribe from.\[the\] bosom a.wicked.\[person\] he.accepts to turn.aside \[the\].paths of.justice

*JPS 1917:* A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

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