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title: שַׁחַל — lion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁחַל (7826), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: lion. BDB 1906: n.m. lion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁחַל

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«שַׁחַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lion** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7826 · **BDB:** שַׁ֫חַל

### Glosses

a.lion (4); like.(the).lion (1); lion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7826/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7826/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. lion (poet.);—abs. שׁ׳ Ho 5:14 +, שָׁ֑חַל Jb 4:10 +;—lion, sim. of י׳, toward Israel Ho 5:14 (‖ כְּפִיר), 13:7 (‖ נָמֵר); of guilty men Jb 4:10 (‖ אַרְיֵה, כְּפִירִים); fig. of foes ψ 91:13 (‖ כְּפִיר); lion, as hunted Jb 10:16 (in sim.); lit. 28:8; Pr 26:13

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁחַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7826/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.10/)

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שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].roaring of.a.lion and.\[the\] sound of.a.lion and.\[the\] teeth of.young.lions they.are.broken.out

*JPS 1917:* The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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[Psalms 91:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.13/)

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עַל־שַׁ֣חַל וָפֶ֣תֶן תִּדְרֹ֑ךְ תִּרְמֹ֖ס כְּפִ֣יר וְתַנִּֽין׃

*Word for word:* on a.lion and a.cobra you.will.tread you.will.trample a.young.lion and a.serpent

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

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