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title: שַׁי — gift · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁי (7862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: gift. BDB 1906: n.m. gift. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁי

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«שַׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gift** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7862 · **BDB:** שַׁי

### Glosses

a.gift (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. gift offered as homage (√ dub.; perhaps in spite of שׁ = ش Arabic شَيِىَٔ, vb. wish, شَىْءٌ thing (weakened from thing desired); cf. חֵפֶץ 4);—יוּבַל שׁ׳ Is 18:7, יֹבִילוּ שׁ׳ ψ 76:12, יוֹב׳ שָׁ֑י 68:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «שַׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.30/)

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מֵֽ֭הֵיכָלֶךָ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְךָ֤ יוֹבִ֖ילוּ מְלָכִ֣ים שָֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* from temple your at Jerusalem to you they.will.bring kings a.gift

*JPS 1917:* Out of Thy temple at Jerusalem, whither kings shall bring presents unto Thee.

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[Psalms 76:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.12/)

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נִֽדֲר֣וּ וְשַׁלְּמוּ֮ לַיהוָ֪ה אֱ‍ֽלֹהֵ֫יכֶ֥ם כָּל־סְבִיבָ֑יו יוֹבִ֥ילוּ שַׁ֝֗י לַמּוֹרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* make.vows and pay.\[them\] to Yahweh God your all \[those\].around him let.them.bring a.gift to the fear

*JPS 1917:* Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;

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