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title: שִׁיחָה — pit-fall · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁיחָה (7882), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pit-fall. BDB 1906: n.f.id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁיחָה

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«שִׁיחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit-fall** — 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:** 7882 · **BDB:** שִׁיחָה

### Glosses

a.pit (1); pits (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit-fall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7882/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7882/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.id.;—כרה שׁ׳ Je 18:22 Kt (Qr שׁוּחָה), ψ 57:7; pl. כ׳ שִׁיחוֹת 119:85.

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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 (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁיחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7882/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.85/)

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כָּֽרוּ־לִ֣י זֵדִ֣ים שִׁיח֑וֹת אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לֹ֣א כְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.dug for me arrogant.\[people\] pits which not \[are\].according to your.law

*JPS 1917:* The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to Thy law.

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[Psalms 57:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.7/)

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רֶ֤שֶׁת ׀ הֵכִ֣ינוּ לִפְעָמַי֮ כָּפַ֪ף נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כָּר֣וּ לְפָנַ֣י שִׁיחָ֑ה נָפְל֖וּ בְתוֹכָ֣הּ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* a.net they.prepared for feet my it.bowed.down self my they.dug before me a.pit they.have.fallen in the.midst of.it Selah

*JPS 1917:* They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.

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