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title: שָׁסַף — hew in pieces · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁסַף (8158), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hew in pieces. BDB 1906: vb. hew in pieces. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁסַף

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«שָׁסַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hew in pieces** — 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:** 8158 · **BDB:** שָׁסַף

### Glosses

he.cut.to.pieces (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hew in pieces [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8158/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hew in pieces [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8158/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dub.: hew in pieces (Vrss and context);—Impf. 3 ms. וַיְשַׁסֵּף 1 S 15:33, acc. pers.;—Gr Dr HPS qy. וַיְשַׁסַּע, but improb.

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁסַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8158/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 15:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.33/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׁכְּלָ֤ה נָשִׁים֙ חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ כֵּן־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ל מִנָּשִׁ֖ים אִמֶּ֑ךָ וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲגָ֛ג לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said Samuel just as it.has.made.childless women sword your so she.will.become.childless from women mother your and he.cut.to.pieces Samuel (et) Agag before Yahweh in (the) Gilgal

*JPS 1917:* And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

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