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title: שָׂחוּ — swimming · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂחוּ (7813), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: swimming. BDB 1906: swimming. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂחוּ

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«שָׂחוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swimming** — 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:** 7813 · **BDB:** שָׂ֔חוּ

### Glosses

of.swimming (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swimming [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7813/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

swimming [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7813/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.Sta § 192 a\] swimming (on format. (and tone) Ges § 84 a c Köii. 1, 60. 497);—מֵי שׂ׳ Ez 47:5.

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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 «שָׂחוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7813/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 47:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.5/)

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וַיָּ֣מָד אֶ֔לֶף נַ֕חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־אוּכַ֖ל לַעֲבֹ֑ר כִּֽי־גָא֤וּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ מֵ֣י שָׂ֔חוּ נַ֖חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יֵעָבֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.measured.out a.thousand.\[cubits\] a.river which not I.was.able to pass.through (dm) they.had.risen the waters waters of.swimming a.river which not it.was.passed.through

*JPS 1917:* Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

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