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title: שֹׁטֵט — scourge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁטֵט (7850), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: scourge. BDB 1906: scourge. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁטֵט

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«שֹׁטֵט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scourge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7850 · **BDB:** שֹׁטֵט

### Glosses

scourge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scourge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7850/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

scourge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7850/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] scourge;—abs. שׁ׳ בְּצִדֵּיכֶם Jos 23:13 (D; national scourge; שׁוֹטִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «שֹׁטֵט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7850/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 23:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.23.13/)

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יָד֙וֹעַ֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוֹסִ֜יף יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם לְהוֹרִ֛ישׁ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם לְפַ֣ח וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁ וּלְשֹׁטֵ֤ט בְּצִדֵּיכֶם֙ וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֔ם עַד־אֲבָדְכֶ֗ם מֵ֠עַל הָאֲדָמָ֤ה הַטּוֹבָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁר֙ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֔ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* certainly.(know) you.will.know (dm).that not he.will.increase Yahweh God your to dispossess (et) the nations (the) these from before face you and they.will.become for you (into).a trap and.(into) a snare and.(into) a scourge in sides your and (into) pricks in eyes your until perish you from on the land (the) good (the) this which he.has.given to you Yahweh God your

*JPS 1917:* know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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