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title: שִׁשָּׁה — give sixth part of · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁשָּׁה (8341), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: give sixth part of. BDB 1906: vb. denom. give sixth part of. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁשָּׁה

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«שִׁשָּׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **give sixth part of** — 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:** 8341 · **BDB:** שִׁשָּׁה

### Glosses

you.will.give.a.sixth.part.of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

give sixth part of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8341/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. give sixth part of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8341/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. give sixth part of (si vera l.);—Pf. 2 mpl. consec. וְשִׁשִּׁיתֶם הָאֵיפָה Ez 45:13 (+ מִן part.), but שִׁשִּׁית Vrss and mod. (‖ שִׁשִּׁיה v a).—וְשִׁשֵּׁאתִיךָ Ez 39:2 v. שׁשׁא.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁשָּׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8341/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 45:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.45.13/)

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זֹ֥את הַתְּרוּמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּרִ֑ימוּ שִׁשִּׁ֤ית הָֽאֵיפָה֙ מֵחֹ֣מֶר הַֽחִטִּ֔ים וְשִׁשִּׁיתֶם֙ הָֽאֵיפָ֔ה מֵחֹ֖מֶר הַשְּׂעֹרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* this \[will be\].the.contribution which you.will.offer.up the.sixth.\[part\] of the.ephah from the.homer of the.wheat(s) and you.will.give.a.sixth.part.of the ephah from the.homer of the.barley(s)

*JPS 1917:* This is the offering that ye shall set apart: the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of barley;

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