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title: שָׁעַע — be smeared over · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁעַע (8173), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be smeared over. BDB 1906: vb. be smeared over, blinded. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁעַע

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«שָׁעַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be smeared over** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8173 · **BDB:** שָׁעַע

### Glosses

be.blind (1); blind.yourselves (1); seal.over (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be smeared over [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be smeared over, blinded [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be smeared over, blinded (Aramaic שְׁעַע smear (akin to שׁוּעַ id.), ܐܰܫܰܥ to smooth, שָׁעִיעַ smooth (of words), flattering, ܫܰܥܺܝܥ smooth (cf. also ܫܘܥ, ܫܳܥ smear over, close up));— Imv. + Imv. mpl. הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ Is 29:9 blind yourselves and be blind! (‖ הִתְמַהְמְהוּ וּתִמָ֔הוּ); \> Buhl הִשְׁתָּעוּ וּשְׁעוּ, √ שׁעה look about (2 S 22:42); Is 32:3 read prob. 3 fpl. תְּשֹׁעֶינָה, of eyes, be blinded (v. שׁעה). Imv. ms. וְעֵינָיו הָשַׁ֑ע Is 6:10 and its eyes besmear!—So perhaps הָשַׁע ψ 39:14 (עֵינֶיךָ om.) was intended by Mas. (but wrongly, v. Ol al.); see שָׁעָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁעַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8173/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.14/)

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הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

*Word for word:* smear from me so that.I.may.be.cheerful before I.will.go and I.\[will\] not.\[be\]

*JPS 1917:* Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'

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[Isaiah 29:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.9/)

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הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* delay and be.astonished blind.yourselves and be.blind people.have.become.drunk and not wine people.have.staggered and not strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.

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