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title: שָׁפִיר — Saphir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁפִיר (8208), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Saphir. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁפִיר

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«שָׁפִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Saphir** — 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:** 8208 · **BDB:** שָׁפִיר

### Glosses

of.Shaphir (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Saphir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8208/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8208/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Philist. plain, Mi 1:11 (= שָׁמִיר Jos 15:48?); 𝔊 καλῶς (!).

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁפִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8208/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.11/)

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עִבְרִ֥י לָכֶ֛ם יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁפִ֖יר עֶרְיָה־בֹ֑שֶׁת לֹ֤א יָֽצְאָה֙ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת צַֽאֲנָ֔ן מִסְפַּד֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֵ֔צֶל בֵּ֣ית הָאֵ֔צֶל יִקַּ֥ח מִכֶּ֖ם עֶמְדָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* pass.on (for yourselves O.inhabitant\[s\] of.Shaphir bareness shame not she.came.forth the.inhabitant\[s\] of.Zaanan the.lament of Beth.Ezel it.will.take from you ground its.standing

*JPS 1917:* Pass ye away, O inhabitant of Saphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the standing-place thereof.

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