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title: שֶׁקֶץ — detestation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁקֶץ (8263), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: detestation. BDB 1906: n.m. detestation, detestable thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁקֶץ

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«שֶׁקֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **detestation** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 8263 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫קֶץ

### Glosses

\[is\].a.detestable.thing (4); \[are\].detestable.thing\[s\] (3); detestable.thing (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

detestation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8263/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. detestation, detestable thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8263/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 7:21 detestation, detestable thing;—שׁ׳ of the ceremonially unclean Lv 7:21; creatures forbidden as food: water animals without fins or scales 11:10, 11, 12, birds of prey, etc., v 13, winged creeping things v 20, 23, creeping vermin v 41, 42 (all P), cf. Is 66:17 (+ בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר, הָעַכְבָּר); v. RSSem. i. 275, 2nd ed. 293; K 309 f., 2nd ed. 311 f.—Ez 8:10 read prob. שִׁקּוּצִים, v. שִׁקּוּץ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁקֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8263/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.20/)

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כֹּ֚ל שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* every (the).swarming.thing of.(the) insect \[which\] walks on four.\[legs\] \[is\].a.detestable.thing it to you

*JPS 1917:* All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.

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[Leviticus 11:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.41/)

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וְכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵאָכֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and every (the).swarming thing \[which\] swarms on the earth \[is\].a.detestable.thing it not it.will.be.eaten

*JPS 1917:* And every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten.

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