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title: שִׁישָׁא — Shisha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁישָׁא (7894), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shisha. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁישָׁא

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«שִׁישָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shisha** — 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:** 7894 · **BDB:** שִׁישָׁא

### Glosses

of.Shisha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shisha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7894/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7894/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Solomon’s time, 1 K 4:3, Σαβα, Σεισα, 𝔊L Σαφατ; cf. שְׂרָיָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁישָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7894/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.3/)

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אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* Elihoreph and Ahijah the.sons of.Shisha \[were\].scribes Jehoshaphat the.son of.Ahilud \[was\].the recorder

*JPS 1917:* Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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