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title: שָׁעַר — calculate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁעַר (8176), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: calculate. BDB 1906: vb. calculate, reckon. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁעַר

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«שָׁעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **calculate** — 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:** 8176 · **BDB:** שָׁעַר

### Glosses

he.calculates (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

calculate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8176/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. calculate, reckon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8176/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. calculate, reckon (NH Pi. J.Aram Pa. put a valuation on, estimate; J.Aram; שַׁעֲרָא interest, market-price; Arabic سِعْرٌ market-price is loan-word Frä189);— Pf. 3 ms. כְּמוֹ־שׁ׳ בְּנַפְשׁוֹ כֶּן־הוּא Pr 23:7 as he has calculated in his soul, so is he, but dub.: De שֹׁעֵר as one who calculates; more radical conj. in Bi Toy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (20 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8176/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.7/)

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כִּ֤י ׀ כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַ֥ר בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ כֶּ֫ן־ה֥וּא אֱכֹ֣ל וּ֭שְׁתֵה יֹ֣אמַר לָ֑ךְ וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) as he.calculates in self his \[is\].so he eat and drink he.says to you and heart his not \[is\].with you

*JPS 1917:* For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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