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title: שַׁיִשׁ — alabaster · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁיִשׁ (7893), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: alabaster. BDB 1906: alabaster. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁיִשׁ

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«שַׁיִשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **alabaster** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7893 · **BDB:** שַׁ֫יִשׁ

### Glosses

of.alabaster (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

alabaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7893/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

alabaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7893/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] alabaster (foreign word? NH id.; Aramaic שַׁיְשָׁא, ܫܺܝܫܳܐ, perhaps Assyrian šaššu);—אַבְנֵי־שׁ׳ 1 Ch 29:2 (material of temple); cf. PatrickHast.DB Marble.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 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 «שַׁיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7893/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 29:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.29.2/)

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וּֽכְכָל־כֹּחִ֞י הֲכִינ֣וֹתִי לְבֵית־אֱלֹהַ֗י הַזָּהָ֣ב ׀ לַ֠זָּהָב וְהַכֶּ֨סֶף לַכֶּ֜סֶף וְהַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁת לַנְּחֹ֗שֶׁת הַבַּרְזֶל֙ לַבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְהָעֵצִ֖ים לָעֵצִ֑ים אַבְנֵי־שֹׁ֨הַם וּמִלּוּאִ֜ים אַבְנֵי־פ֣וּךְ וְרִקְמָ֗ה וְכֹ֨ל אֶ֧בֶן יְקָרָ֛ה וְאַבְנֵי־שַׁ֖יִשׁ לָרֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and according to.all power my I.have.prepared for the.house my.God my the gold for the gold and the silver for the silver and the bronze for the bronze the iron for the iron and the wood(s) for the wood(s) stones of.onyx and settings stones of.antimony and multicolored.\[stones\] and every stone precious and stones of.alabaster to abundance

*JPS 1917:* Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

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