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title: שִׁית — garment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁית (7897), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: garment. BDB 1906: n.m. garment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁית

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«שִׁית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **garment** — 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:** 7897 · **BDB:** שִׁית²

### Glosses

\[the\].garment (1); a.garment (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

garment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7897/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. garment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7897/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. garment (NöBeitrlige, 41 f., cp. Syriac ܫܺܝܽܘܬܳܐ appearance, and qu. שִׁיֻּת?);—cstr. שִׁית זוֹנָה Pr 7:10; fig. שׁ׳ חָמָס ψ 73:6 (v. II. עטף).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7897/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.6/)

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לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore it is.a.necklace.for.it pride it.covers a.garment of.violence (to) them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

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[Proverbs 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.10/)

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וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* and there! a.woman to meet him \[the\].garment of.a.prostitute and guarded of.heart

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

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