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title: שִׂיחָה — reflection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂיחָה (7881), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: reflection. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂיחָה

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«שִׂיחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reflection** — 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:** 7881 · **BDB:** שִׂיחָה

### Glosses

meditation (2); \[are\].a.meditation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reflection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7881/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7881/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. שׂ׳ ψ 119:99 Jb 15:4; sf. שִׂיחָתִי ψ 119:97;— complaint: שׂ׳ לִפְנֵי־אֵל Jb 15:4; (so Bu al., cf. שִׂיחַ 1 De al. meditation, cf. \[גָּרַע\]). (obj. of) musing, study: תּוֹרָה ψ 119:97; עֵדוּת v 99.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂיחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7881/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.4/)

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אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* also you you.annul fear and you.diminish meditation before God

*JPS 1917:* Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.

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[Psalms 119:97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.97/)

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מָֽה־אָהַ֥בְתִּי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם הִ֣יא שִׂיחָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* how! I.love law your all the day it meditation \[is\].my

*JPS 1917:* O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

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