--- title: שֻׁלְחָן — table · The Tanakh dictionary description: שֻׁלְחָן (7979), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 71 times: table. BDB 1906: n.m. table. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7979.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-4.md)‎ / שֻׁלְחָן‎ # שֻׁלְחָן «שֻׁלְחָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **table** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 71 times · **Key:** 7979 · **BDB:** שֻׁלְחָן ### Glosses table (36); tables (11); a.table (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) table [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7979/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. table [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7979/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 25:23 table (on form of word cf. GFMl.c.; proposes (v. supr.) skin or leather mat spread on ground, v. also, on early Sem. ‘table,’ Thes1417 WeSkizzen iv. 157 RSSem i. 184; 2nd ed. 201 KennedyEncy. Bib. iii. 2991);—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 20:34 +; cstr. שֻׁלְחַן 1 K 5:7 +; sf. שֻׁלְחָנִי Ju 1:7 +, etc.; pl. שֻׁלְחָנוֹת Is 28:8 +, cstr. שֻׁלְחֲנוֹת 1 Ch 28:16(×2);— table for king’s repast Ju 1:7 (c. תַּחַת), 1 S 20:29, 34; 2 S 9:11 (read שׁ׳ דָּוִד 𝔊 Th We Dr and mod.), v 13; 19:29; 1 K 2:7; 5:1; 18:19; 10:5 = 2 Ch 9:4, cf. Is 21:5 (c. עָרַךְ (q.v. 1 c) arrange); c. עַל 2 S 9:7, 10, 11 Dn 11:27; for governor Ne 5:17 (c. עַל). for private use 1 K 13:20 (c. אֶל), Jb 36:16 ψ 23:5 (fig., c. עָרַךְ), cf. 78:19 (id.), 128:3, also (in bedroom) 2 K 4:10; of revellers Is 28:8, cf. ψ 69:23 (fig.), of wisdom (fig.), of wisdom (fig.) Pr 9:2. especially Ez P for sacred uses: in tab. Ex 25:23 + 17 times 25–40, Nu 3:31, שֻׁלְחַן הַפָּנִים Nu 4:7 (cf. 2 Ch 29:18 infr.); הַשּׁ׳ הַטָּהֹר Lv 24:6 (cf. 2 Ch 13:11 infr.); in Sol.’s temple 1 K 7:48; 2 Ch 29:18, also (10 in no.) 4:8, 19; 13:11, cf. 1 Ch 28:16(×4), also Ez 23:41 (c. עָרַךְ); in Ezekiel’s temple Ez 40:39(×2) + 6 times Ez 40 (8 in no.), 40:42 (of stone, 4 in no.); like altar 41:22, = altar of burnt-offering 44:16; in second temple, שֻׁלְחַן י׳ Mal 1:7, שׁ׳ אֲדֹנָי v 12; for idolatrous meal Is 65:11; fig. of י׳’s sacrif. feast Ez 39:20 (eschatol.). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 44 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שֻׁלְחָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7979/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Isaiah 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.8/) כִּ֚י כָּל־שֻׁלְחָנ֔וֹת מָלְא֖וּ קִ֣יא צֹאָ֑ה בְּלִ֖י מָקֽוֹם׃ס *Word for word:* (dm) all \[the\].tables they.are.full vomit filth not room *JPS 1917:* For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean. [Proverbs 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.2/) טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָֽרְכָ֥ה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* she.has.slaughtered slaughter her she.has.mixed wine her also she.has.arranged table her *JPS 1917:* She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. - ← previous: [שְׁלָחִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b8_5d7_5b4_5d9_5dd.md) - next →: [שָׁלַט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7980.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-4.md)