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title: שִׂיחַ — bush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיחַ (7880), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: bush. BDB 1906: bush, shrub, plant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂיחַ

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«שִׂיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bush** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7880 · **BDB:** שִׂיחַ³

### Glosses

(the).bush\[es\] (1); bush\[es\] (1); bushes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7880/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bush, shrub, plant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7880/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bush, shrub, plant;—שׂ׳ abs. coll. Jb 30:4, cstr. שׂ׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Gn 2:5 (J); pl. שִׂיחִים Jb 30:7, אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִם Gn 21:15 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7880/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.7/)

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בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* between bushes they.bray under weed\[s\] they.are.joined.together

*JPS 1917:* Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.

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[Job 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/)

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הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].pluck.off mallow on bush\[es\] and.\[the\] root of.broom.plants their.food them

*JPS 1917:* They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

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