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title: שִׁישַׁק — Shishak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁישַׁק (7895), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Shishak. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁישַׁק

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«שִׁישַׁק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shishak** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7895 · **BDB:** שִׁישַׁק

### Glosses

Shishak (5); of.Shishak (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shishak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7895/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7895/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Egypt, Solomon’s time (10th cent. b.c.), 1 K 11:40; 14:25 Qr (Kt שושק), = 2 Ch 12:2; 2 Ch 12:9, שִׁישָׁ֑ק v 5(×2), 7; = Šešonḳ I, first king of 22nd dynasty, BlauZMG xv (1861), 233 ff. SteindBAS i. 351; = Sošenḳ WMMAs. u. Eur. 166 ff.; Ency. Bib. Shishak; cf. GriffithHast.DB Shishak.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁישַׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7895/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 14:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.25/)

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וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the year (the) fifth of the king Rehoboam he.came.up Shishak the.king of.Egypt on Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

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[2 Chronicles 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.2/)

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וַיְהִ֞י בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֔ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּ֥י מָעֲל֖וּ בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the year (the) fifth of the king Rehoboam he.came.up Shishak the.king of.Egypt on Jerusalem (dm) they.had.acted.unfaithfully against Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had dealt treacherously with the LORD,

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