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title: בּוּשָׁה — shame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בּוּשָׁה (955), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: shame. BDB 1906: n.f. shame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בּוּשָׁה

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«בּוּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shame** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 955 · **BDB:** בּוּשָׁה

### Glosses

shame (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/955/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. shame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/955/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. shame ψ 89:46 Mi 7:10 Ob v 10 Ez 7:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בּוּשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/955/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.46/)

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הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.cut.short the.days his.youth(s) his you.have.wrapped on him shame Selah

*JPS 1917:* The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame.

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[Obadiah 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.10/)

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מֵחֲמַ֛ס אָחִ֥יךָ יַעֲקֹ֖ב תְּכַסְּךָ֣ בוּשָׁ֑ה וְנִכְרַ֖תָּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* from the.violence your.brother your Jacob it will.cover.you shame and you.will.be.cut.off forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* For the violence done to thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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