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title: שַׁחַץ — dignity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁחַץ (7830), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: dignity. BDB 1906: dignity, pride. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁחַץ

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«שַׁחַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dignity** — 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:** 7830 · **BDB:** שַׁ֫חַץ

### Glosses

of.pride (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dignity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7830/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dignity, pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7830/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dignity, pride;—בְנֵי־שָׁ֑חַץ i.e. majestic wild beasts Jb 28:8 (‖ שָׁ֑חַל), 41:26.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁחַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7830/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.8/)

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לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי־שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃

*Word for word:* not they tread.it \[the\].sons of.pride not it.passes.by on it a.lion

*JPS 1917:* The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.

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[Job 41:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.26/)

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אֵֽת־כָּל־גָּבֹ֥הַּ יִרְאֶ֑ה ה֝֗וּא מֶ֣לֶךְ עַל־כָּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃ס

*Word for word:* (et) every exalted.\[one\] it.sees it \[is\].king over all \[the\].sons of.pride

*JPS 1917:* He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

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