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title: שֻׂכָּה — barb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֻׂכָּה (7905), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: barb. BDB 1906: n.f. barb, spear. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֻׂכָּה

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«שֻׂכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **barb** — 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:** 7905 · **BDB:** שֻׂכָּה

### Glosses

harpoons (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

barb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7905/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. barb, spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7905/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. barb, spear;—pl. שֻׂכּוֹת Jb 40:31.

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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 (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֻׂכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7905/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.31/)

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הַֽתְמַלֵּ֣א בְשֻׂכּ֣וֹת עוֹר֑וֹ וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל דָּגִ֣ים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* will you.fill? with harpoons hide its and with a.spear of.fish(es) head its

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?

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