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title: שִׁקֵּץ — detest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁקֵּץ (8262), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: detest. BDB 1906: vb. denom. detest, make detestable. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁקֵּץ

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«שִׁקֵּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **detest** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8262 · **BDB:** שִׁקֵּץ

### Glosses

you.will.detest (2); he.has.detested (1); make.detestable (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

detest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8262/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. detest, make detestable [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8262/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. detest, make detestable;—Pf. 3 ms. שִׁקַּץ ψ 22:25; Impf. 2 mpl. תְּשַׁקְּצוּ Lv 11:13 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שַׁקֵּץ Dt 7:26;— detest, c. acc. rei Dt 7:26 (Impf. + Inf. abs.; ‖ תַּעֵב תְּתַעֲבֶנּוּ), Lv 11:11, 13 (P); ‖ בָּזָה ψ 22:25. make detestable, obj. נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם (= reflex.) Lv 11:43 (P), 20:25 (H).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁקֵּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8262/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.11/)

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וְשֶׁ֖קֶץ יִהְי֣וּ לָכֶ֑ם מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ וְאֶת־נִבְלָתָ֖ם תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* and detestable.thing\[s\] they.will.be to you any of their.meat not you.must.eat and (et) carcass their you.will.detest

*JPS 1917:* and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation.

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[Leviticus 11:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.43/)

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אַל־תְּשַׁקְּצוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֑ץ וְלֹ֤א תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖ם בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* do.not make.detestable (et) selves your by any (the).swarming thing \[which\] swarms and not you.must.make.yourselves.unclean by them and you.will.make.yourselves.unclean by them

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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