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title: שֵׁשַׁךְ — Sheshach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁשַׁךְ (8347), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Sheshach. BDB 1906: n.pr. terr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁשַׁךְ

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«שֵׁשַׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sheshach** — 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:** 8347 · **BDB:** שֵׁשַׁךְ

### Glosses

Sheshach (1); of.Sheshach (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sheshach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8347/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. terr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8347/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. terr. = בָּבֶל (Jer Rabb. and mod.; by Atbaš (את׳בש׳) v. improb.), late Bab. Šešku, name of Babylon (Delitzsch Paradies 215);—Je 51:41 and hence (perhaps gloss) 25:26 (v. Gie).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁשַׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8347/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.41/)

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אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* how! it.will.be.captured Sheshach and it.has.been.seized the.praise of.all the earth how! it.will.become (into).a horror Babylon among the nations

*JPS 1917:* How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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[Jeremiah 25:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.26/)

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וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י הַצָּפ֗וֹן הַקְּרֹבִ֤ים וְהָֽרְחֹקִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֔יו וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הַמַּמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וּמֶ֥לֶךְ שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ יִשְׁתֶּ֥ה אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the.kings of the.north (the) near and (the) far each to brother his and (et) all the kingdoms of the.earth which \[are\].on the.surface of the.ground and the.king of.Sheshach he.will.drink after them

*JPS 1917:* and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth. — And the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

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