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title: שָׁמִיר — thorn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁמִיר (8068), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: thorn. BDB 1906: n.m. thorn(s), adamant, flint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁמִיר

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«שָׁמִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thorn** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 8068 · **BDB:** שָׁמִיר

### Glosses

thorn\[s\] (7); of.thorn\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8068/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thorn(s), adamant, flint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8068/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 3:9 thorn(s), adamant, flint;—abs. שׁ׳ Is 5:6 +; sf. שְׁמִירוֹ 10:17;— coll. thorns, thorn-bushes, token of waste-land, only Is, + שַׁיִת Is 5:6; 7:23, 24, 25; 27:4; fig. 9:17; 10:17; קוֹץ שׁ׳ 32:13. adamant, as sharp, כְּתוּבָה … בְּצִפֹּרֶן שׁ׳ Je 17:1 (‖ בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל); as hard, fig. of prophet’s firmness Ez 3:9; Zc 7:12 fig. of hard heart.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 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 «שָׁמִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8068/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.13/)

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עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת עַמִּ֔י ק֥וֹץ שָׁמִ֖יר תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֚י עַל־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָֽה׃

*Word for word:* on the.land my.people my \[which\].thorn\[s\] thorn\[s\] it.will.grow.up (dm) on all \[the\].houses of.joy a.town exultant

*JPS 1917:* For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.

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[Isaiah 7:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.24/)

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בַּחִצִּ֥ים וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁת יָ֣בוֹא שָׁ֑מָּה כִּי־שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* with (the) arrows and with (the) bow anyone.will.go there (to) (dm) thorn\[s\] and bush\[es\] it.will.be all the land

*JPS 1917:* With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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