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title: שְׁחִית — pit-fall · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁחִית (7825), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pit-fall. BDB 1906: n.f.id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁחִית

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«שְׁחִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit-fall** — 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:** 7825 · **BDB:** שְׁחִית

### Glosses

pits (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit-fall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7825/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7825/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.id.;—pl. sf. נִלְכַּד בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָם La 4:20, וִימַלֵּט מִשּׁ׳ ψ 107:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁחִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7825/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.20/)

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יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑ם וִֽ֝ימַלֵּ֗ט מִשְּׁחִיתוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.sent word his and he healed.them and he.delivered.\[them\] from pits their

*JPS 1917:* He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

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[Lamentations 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.20/)

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ר֤וּחַ אַפֵּ֙ינוּ֙ מְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה נִלְכַּ֖ד בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְנוּ בְּצִלּ֖וֹ נִֽחְיֶ֥ה בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.breath our.nostrils our the.\[one\].anointed of.Yahweh he.was.captured in pits their whom we.had.said in shadow his we.will.live among the nations

*JPS 1917:* The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said: 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'

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