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title: שֵׁת — Seth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁת (8351), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Seth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁת

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«שֵׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Seth** — 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:** 8351 · **BDB:** שֵׁת

### Glosses

of.Sheth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Seth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8351/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8351/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. third son of Adam; Gn 4:25 (where expl. from √ שִׁית), v 26 5:3, 4, 6, 7, 8; 1 Ch 1:1; Σηθ.—In כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵׁת Nu 24:17 (poem in J), read prob. שֵׁאת tumult (cf. La 3:47), or שְׂאֵת (v. sub נשׂא), cf. Gray.—ii. שֵׁת, v. II. שׁתה.

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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 (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8351/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.17/)

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אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃

*Word for word:* I see.him and not now I observe.him and not near it.will.march.forth a.star from Jacob and it.will.arise a.scepter from Israel and it.will.smash the.corners of.Moab and it.will.destroy all the.descendants of.Sheth

*JPS 1917:* I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth.

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