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title: שַׁחַק — dust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁחַק (7834), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: dust. BDB 1906: n.m. dust, cloud. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁחַק

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«שַׁחַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dust** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 7834 · **BDB:** שַׁ֫חַק

### Glosses

\[the\].clouds (8); clouds (8); cloud\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7834/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dust, cloud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7834/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 3:20 dust, cloud (as fine, thin);—שׁ׳ abs. ψ 89:7, 38, cstr. Is 40:15; pl. שְׁחָקִים Dt 33:26 +;— fine dust, שׁ׳ מֹאזְנַיִם Is 40:15 (sim. of insignif.). (thin) cloud, usually pl. (often ‖ שָׁמַיִם), Dt 33:26 (poem), Is 45:8; Je 51:9; Jb 35:5; 36:28; 37:21; 38:37 ψ 36:6; 57:11; 68:35; 77:18; 78:23; 108:5; opp. תְּהוֹם Pr 3:20; 8:28; עָבֵי שׁ׳ 2 S 22:12 = ψ 18:12; = heavens, sky Jb 37:18 (c. הִרְקִיעַ), and (sg.) ψ 89:7, 38.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁחַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7834/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.28/)

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אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃

*Word for word:* which they.flow \[the\].clouds they.drip on humankind numerous

*JPS 1917:* Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.

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[Job 37:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.18/)

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תַּרְקִ֣יעַ עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים כִּרְאִ֥י מוּצָֽק׃

*Word for word:* will.you.beat.out? with him (to) clouds hard like a.mirror molten

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

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