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title: שֵׁשָׁן — Sheshan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁשָׁן (8348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Sheshan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁשָׁן

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«שֵׁשָׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sheshan** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8348 · **BDB:** שֵׁשָׁן

### Glosses

Sheshan (3); \[were\].Sheshan (1); of.Sheshan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sheshan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Judah 1 Ch 2:31(×2) (with one son), v 34(×2), 35 (no sons, but daughters, cf. Benz Kit); Σωσαν\[μ\], 𝔊L Σισαν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁשָׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אַפַּ֖יִם יִשְׁעִ֑י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׁעִי֙ שֵׁשָׁ֔ן וּבְנֵ֥י שֵׁשָׁ֖ן אַחְלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Appaim \[were\].Ishi and the.sons of.Ishi \[were\].Sheshan and the.sons of.Sheshan \[were\].Ahlai

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

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[1 Chronicles 2:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.34/)

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וְלֹֽא־הָיָ֧ה לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן בָּנִ֖ים כִּ֣י אִם־בָּנ֑וֹת וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן עֶ֥בֶד מִצְרִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ יַרְחָֽע׃

*Word for word:* and not it.belonged to Sheshan sons (dm) (if) daughters and.\[belonged\] to Sheshan a.slave Egyptian and name his \[was\].Jarha

*JPS 1917:* Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

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