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title: שִׂיב — be hoary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיב (7867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be hoary. BDB 1906: vb. be hoary. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂיב

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«שִׂיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be hoary** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7867 · **BDB:** שִׂיב

### Glosses

I.am.gray.haired (1); \[the\].gray.haired (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be hoary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be hoary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be hoary (NH שֵׂיבָה old age; Assyrian šêbu, aged man; Arabic شَابَ (ى) become hoary, Ethiopic ሤበ (in deriv.); Aramaic סִיב be old; ܣܶܐܒ grow old, ܣܰܝ̈ܒܳܬܳܐ grey hair);— Pf. 1 s. זָקַנְתִּי וָשַׂ֫בְתִּי 1 S 12:2; Pt. שָׂב Jb 15:10 (+ יָשִׁישׁ aged).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.10/)

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גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* both \[the\].gray.haired as.well.as \[the\].aged \[are\].among us \[one\].old more than your.father days

*JPS 1917:* With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

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[1 Samuel 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.2/)

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וְעַתָּ֞ה הִנֵּ֥ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ׀ מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ לִפְנֵיכֶ֗ם וַאֲנִי֙ זָקַ֣נְתִּי וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי וּבָנַ֖י הִנָּ֣ם אִתְּכֶ֑ם וַאֲנִי֙ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם מִנְּעֻרַ֖י עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and now here! the king \[is\].walking.about before you and I I.am.old and I.am.gray.haired and sons my here they \[are\].with you and I I.have.walked.about before you since youth(s) my until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

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