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title: שֵׁמֶץ — whisper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁמֶץ (8102), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: whisper. BDB 1906: whisper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁמֶץ

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«שֵׁמֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whisper** — 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:** 8102 · **BDB:** שֵׁ֫מֶץ

### Glosses

a.whisper (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whisper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8102/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whisper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8102/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] whisper;—שׁ׳ abs. Jb 4:12; cstr. שׁ׳ דָּבָר 26:14 a (mere) whisper of a word, something wholly inadequate.

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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 (2 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 «שֵׁמֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8102/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.12/)

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וְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* and to me a.word it.was.brought.secretly and it.received ear my a.whisper of it

*JPS 1917:* Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

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[Job 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.14/)

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הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ קְצ֬וֹת דְּרָכָ֗יו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יומִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* there! these \[are\].the.ends his.ways his and what! a.whisper of.a.word we.hear in it and the.thunder his.mighty.deeds his who? will.he.understand

*JPS 1917:* Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?

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