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title: שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים — delight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (8191), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: delight. BDB 1906: pl. intens. delight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים

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«שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **delight** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 8191 · **BDB:** שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים

### Glosses

delight(s) (6); been\].my.delight(s) (1); his.delight(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

delight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8191/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. intens. delight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8191/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \-שׁוּעִים n.\[m.\]pl. intens. delight (BaNB 206);—abs. -שׁוּעִים Je 31:20 Pr 8:30; sf. -שׁוּעָיו Is 5:7, usually -שֻׁעַי Pr 8:31 ψ 119:24, -שֻׁעָ֑י v 77 + 3 times;—delight, in phr. נְטַע שׁ׳ Is 5:7 the planting of his delight (in which he took delight), so יֶלֶד שׁ׳ Je 31:20 (‖ בֵּן יַקִּיר); שׁ׳ אֶת־ Pr 8:31 my delight (was) with the sons of men; elsewhere = object of delight, of wisdom v 30; God’s law, etc., ψ 119:24, 77, 92, 143, 174.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8191/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.24/)

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גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also testimonies your delight(s) \[are\].my the.people my.counsel my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.

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[Psalms 119:143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.143/)

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צַר־וּמָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּנִי מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃

*Word for word:* anxiety and distress they have.found.me commandments your delight(s) \[are\].my

*JPS 1917:* Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

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