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title: שָׁחַק — rub away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחַק (7833), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: rub away. BDB 1906: vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחַק

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«שָׁחַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rub away** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7833 · **BDB:** שָׁחַק

### Glosses

I (2); they.rub.away (1); you.will.beat.fine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rub away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7833/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7833/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize (so Arabic سَحَقَ, سَحْقٌ worn garment, thin clouds; Aramaic שְׁחַק, ܫܚܰܩ pulverize; Ecclus שחק 6:36 is go often (wear by treading), Str cp. iter terere);— Pf. 3 pl. אֲבָנִים שָֽׁחֲקוּ מַיִם Jb 14:19 waters rub away stones; 2 ms. וְשָׁחַקְתָּ֫ Ex 30:36 (P; of pulverizing incense, v. דקק Hiph.); fig., acc. of foes, Impf. 1 s. sf. וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם 2 S 22:43 (‖ דקק) = ψ 18:43.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁחַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7833/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.19/)

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אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* stones they.rub.away waters it.washes.off overflowings its \[the\].dust of.\[the\].earth and.\[the\] hope of.humankind you.destroy

*JPS 1917:* The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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[2 Samuel 22:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.43/)

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וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I beat.them.fine like.\[the\] dust of.\[the\].earth like.\[the\] mud of.\[the\].streets I pulverized.them I beat.them.out

*JPS 1917:* Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.

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