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title: שְׁחוּת — pit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁחוּת (7816), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pit. BDB 1906: n.f. pit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁחוּת

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«שְׁחוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit** — 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:** 7816 · **BDB:** שְׁחוּת

### Glosses

his.own (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7816/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7816/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pit (cf. שַׁ֫חַת from שׁוח);—sf. בִּשְׁחוּתוֹ הוּא יִפּוֹל Pr 28:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁחוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7816/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.10/)

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מַשְׁגֶּ֤ה יְשָׁרִ֨ים ׀ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ רָ֗ע בִּשְׁחוּת֥וֹ הֽוּא־יִפּ֑וֹל וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִנְחֲלוּ־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].leads.astray upright.\[people\] in a.way evil in his.own pit he he.will.fall and blameless.\[people\] they.will.inherit good

*JPS 1917:* Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit; but the whole-hearted shall inherit good.

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