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title: שִׁפְרָה — fairness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁפְרָה (8235), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: fairness. BDB 1906: n.f. fairness, clearness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁפְרָה

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«שִׁפְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fairness** — 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:** 8235 · **BDB:** שִׁפְרָה

### Glosses

\[are\].clearness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fairness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8235/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fairness, clearness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8235/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fairness, clearness, of sky;—abs. שׁ׳ Jb 26:13 by his breath the sky becomes fair(ness), v. especially De Di Bu Du; \> CheJQ 1897, 578 (after 𝔊) בְּרִיחֵי שָׁמַיִם סֹגֵר הוּא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: 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 «שִׁפְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8235/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.13/)

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בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃

*Word for word:* by wind his \[the\].heavens \[are\].clearness it.pierced hand his \[the\].snake fleeing

*JPS 1917:* By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.

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