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title: שָׁרִיר — sinew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרִיר (8306), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sinew. BDB 1906: sinew, muscle. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרִיר

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«שָׁרִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sinew** — 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:** 8306 · **BDB:** שָׁרִיר

### Glosses

the.muscles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sinew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8306/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sinew, muscle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8306/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sinew, muscle (so context suggests);—pl. cstr. אוֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנוֹ Jb 40:16 (‖ כֹּחוֹ בְמָתְנָיו).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8306/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.16/)

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הִנֵּה־נָ֣א כֹח֣וֹ בְמָתְנָ֑יו וְ֝אֹנ֗וֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י בִטְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there! please strength its \[is\].in loins its and strength its \[is\].in the.muscles its.belly his

*JPS 1917:* Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.

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