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title: שַׁעֲרוּר — horror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁעֲרוּר (8186), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: horror. BDB 1906: n.f. horror horrible thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁעֲרוּר

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«שַׁעֲרוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **horror** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8186 · **BDB:** שַׁעֲרוּרָה

### Glosses

a.horrible.\[thing\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

horror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8186/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. horror horrible thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8186/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. horror = horrible thing;—שַׁמָּה וְשׁ׳ Je 5:30 an astounding and horrible thing has occurred; בִּנְבִיאֵי ירושׁ׳ רָאִיתִי שׁ׳ 23:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁעֲרוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8186/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.30/)

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שַׁמָּה֙ וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* an.atrocious.event and a.horrible.\[thing\] it.has.occurred in the land

*JPS 1917:* An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

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[Jeremiah 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.14/)

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וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם רָאִ֣יתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה נָא֞וֹף וְהָלֹ֤ךְ בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙ וְחִזְּקוּ֙ יְדֵ֣י מְרֵעִ֔ים לְבִ֨לְתִּי־שָׁ֔בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ הָֽיוּ־לִ֤י כֻלָּם֙ כִּסְדֹ֔ם וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and among the.prophets of.Jerusalem I.have.seen a.horrible.\[thing\] they.have.committed.adultery and they.have.walked in (the) falsehood and they.have.strengthened the.hands of.evil-doers to not they.have.turned.away anyone from evil his they.have.become to me of.them all like Sodom and inhabitants its like Gomorrah

*JPS 1917:* But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies, and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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