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title: שָׂחָה — swim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂחָה (7811), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: swim. BDB 1906: vb. swim Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂחָה

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«שָׂחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swim** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7811 · **BDB:** שָׂחָה

### Glosses

I.make.swim (1); swim (1); swimmer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7811/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swim Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7811/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. swim (NH סָחוּ swimming; 𝔗 סְחָא, Syriac ܣܚܳܐ swim, bathe, also סָחְיָא, סַחְיָנָא, שָׂחְיָנָא swimmer; Aph. wash);— Pt. + Inf. cstr. כַּאֲשֶׁר יְפָרֵשׂ הַשּׂחֶה לִשְׂחוֹת Is 25:11. Impf. 1 s. אַשְׂחֶה ψ 6:7 I make my bed swim (with my tears; another view sub שִׂיחַ Qal 1).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7811/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.6.7/)

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יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.have.become.weary by groaning my I.make.swim in every night bed my with tear\[s\] my couch my I.melt

*JPS 1917:* I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.

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[Isaiah 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.11/)

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וּפֵרַ֤שׂ יָדָיו֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְפָרֵ֥שׂ הַשֹּׂחֶ֖ה לִשְׂח֑וֹת וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ גַּֽאֲוָת֔וֹ עִ֖ם אָרְבּ֥וֹת יָדָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.spread.out hands its in midst its just as he.spreads.\[them\].out (the) swimmer to swim and he.will.bring.low haughtiness its with the.tricks its.hands his

*JPS 1917:* And when he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim, his pride shall be brought down together with the cunning of his hands.

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