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title: שַׂרְעַפִּים — disquieting thoughts · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂרְעַפִּים (8312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: disquieting thoughts. BDB 1906: pl. disquieting thoughts. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂרְעַפִּים

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«שַׂרְעַפִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **disquieting thoughts** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8312 · **BDB:** שַׂרְעַפִּים

### Glosses

my.disquieting.thoughts (1); thoughts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

disquieting thoughts [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. disquieting thoughts [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. disquieting thoughts (cf. סַרְעַפָּה sub סעף, Ges§ 85 w);—sf. שַׂרְעַפַּי ψ 94:19 (appar. of anxious doubts); as secrets -פָּ֑י, 139:23 (open to י׳; ‖ לְבָבִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂרְעַפִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.19/)

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בְּרֹ֣ב שַׂרְעַפַּ֣י בְּקִרְבִּ֑י תַּ֝נְחוּמֶ֗יךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* in the.multitude my.disquieting.thoughts my in my.inner being consolations your they.delighted self my

*JPS 1917:* When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

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[Psalms 139:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.23/)

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חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* examine me O.God and know heart my test me and know thoughts my.disquieting

*JPS 1917:* Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;

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