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title: שִׁמְצָה — whisper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְצָה (8103), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: whisper. BDB 1906: whisper, derision. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְצָה

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«שִׁמְצָה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8103 · **BDB:** שִׁמְצָה

### Glosses

derision (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whisper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8103/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whisper, derision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8103/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. f. (derisive) whisper, derision;—שׁ׳ Ex 32:25 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8103/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 32:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.25/)

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וַיַּ֤רְא מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י פָרֻ֖עַ ה֑וּא כִּֽי־פְרָעֹ֣ה אַהֲרֹ֔ן לְשִׁמְצָ֖ה בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw Moses (et) the people (dm).that \[was\].running.wild it (dm) he had.let.it.run.wild Aaron for derision among \[those who\].rise.against.them

*JPS 1917:* And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose — for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies —

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