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title: שָׁעָה — gaze · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁעָה (8159), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: gaze. BDB 1906: vb. gaze Hithp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁעָה

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«שָׁעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gaze** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 8159 · **BDB:** שָׁעָה

### Glosses

he.looked (2); he.will.look (2); look.away (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gaze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8159/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gaze Hithp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8159/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gaze (steadily, with interest, etc.) (Assyrian šeʾû, behold, look for, aim at);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Gn 4:5, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁעֶה Is 17:7, 8, apoc. וַיִּ֫שַׁע Gn 4:4, 1 s. אֶשְׁעָה (Ges§ 751) ψ 119:117, etc.; Imv. ms. שְׁעֵה Jb 14:6; mpl. שְׁעוּ Is 22:4;—gaze at, regard (with favour), י׳ subj., c. אֶל Gn 4:4, 5 (J); c. מִן pers. = turn gaze away Is 22:4; Jb 7:19 Thes Ew Che, + prob. 10:20 (for יָשִׁית), c. מֵעַל pers. 14:6; man subj., regard God (with trust, devotion), c. עַל Is 17:7; 31:1; c. אֶל rei 17:8; c. בְּ of words, statutes, Ex 5:9 (J) ψ 119:117; abs. 3 fpl. תִּשְׁעֶינָה Is 32:3 shall not behold makes no sense, read prob. תְּשֹׁעֶינָה (√ I. שׁעע, Ew and most); 3 mpl. יִשְׁעוּ 2 S 22:42 they look (about) for help, ψ 18:42 יְשַׁזְּעוּ. Imv. ms. הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי ψ 39:14 cause thy gaze to turn away from me (see also √ I. שׁעע), Qal שְׁעֵה as Jb 14:6 (cf. 7:19; Is 22:4) Hup Bae Du Ges§ 75 gg. Impf. 2 ms. apoc. אַל־תִּשְׁתָּע Is 41:10 gaze not about (in anxiety, ‖ אַל־תִּירָא); 1 pl. וְנִשְׁתָּ֫עָה (Ges§ 75 l) v 23 let us look at each other (in rivalry, v. ראה Hithp.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8159/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.3/)

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וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁעֶ֖ינָה עֵינֵ֣י רֹאִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים תִּקְשַֽׁבְנָה׃

*Word for word:* and not they.will.look \[the\].eyes of.\[those.who\].see and.\[the\] ears of.\[those.who\].hear they.will.pay.attention

*JPS 1917:* And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall attend.

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[2 Samuel 22:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.42/)

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יִשְׁע֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין מֹשִׁ֑יעַ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* they.looked and there.\[was\].not a.deliverer to Yahweh and not he answered.them

*JPS 1917:* They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.

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