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title: שֶׁטֶף — flood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁטֶף (7858), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: flood. BDB 1906: n.m. flood. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁטֶף

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«שֶׁטֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flood** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7858 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫טֶף

### Glosses

a.flood (2); flood (2); by.(the).flood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7858/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7858/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Na 1:8 flood;—abs. שֶׁ֫טֶף Na 1:8 + 3 times; cstr. שֶׁ׳ Pr 27:4, שֵׁ׳ ψ 32:6;—flood, fig. of י׳’s judgment, שׁ׳ עֹבֵר Na 1:8, cf. Dn 9:26, זְרֹעוֹת הַשּׁ׳ 11:22 (cf. Dr); of calamity, שׁ׳ מַיִם רַבִּים ψ 32:6; שׁ׳ אָף Pr 27:4 a flood of anger; so שֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף Is 54:8 (צ for ט bef. foll. צ Ew Di; \> Du Che Marti del. שׁ׳ as dittogr.); שֶׁטֶף lit. of rainflood, Jb 38:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁטֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7858/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.25/)

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מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who? does.he.divide for the flood a.channel and a.path for.\[the\] storm of.thunder.claps

*JPS 1917:* Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

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[Proverbs 27:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.4/)

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אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְשֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף וּמִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִפְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].cruelty of.rage and.\[the\] flood of.anger and who? will.he.stand before jealousy

*JPS 1917:* Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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