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title: שִׁפְעָה — abundance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁפְעָה (8229), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: abundance. BDB 1906: n.f. abundance, quantity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁפְעָה

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«שִׁפְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **abundance** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8229 · **BDB:** שִׁפְעָה

### Glosses

an.abundance (3); a.crowd (1); the.abundance (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

abundance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8229/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. abundance, quantity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8229/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. abundance, quantity;—appar. abs. שִׁפְעַת 2 K 9:17, a multitude (of men), (Bur שִׁפְעָה, or שִׁפְעַת אֲנָשִׁים as Klo Benz al.; \> 𝔊B Kit עָפָר); cstr. שִׁפְעַת יֵהוּא v 17 Jehu’s multitude; cstr., of horses Ez 26:10, camels Is 60:6; of waters Jb 22:11; 38:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁפְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8229/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.11/)

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אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* or darkness not you.will.see and an.abundance of.water it will.cover.you

*JPS 1917:* Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

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[Job 38:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.34/)

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הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* will you.lift.up? to the cloud\[s\] voice your and an.abundance of.water it will.cover.you

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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