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title: שָׁאָה — make a din · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאָה (lemma:שָׁאָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: make a din. BDB 1906: vb. make din crash, crash into ruins. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאָה

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«שָׁאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make a din** — 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:** lemma:שָׁאָה · **BDB:** שָׁאָה

### Glosses

they (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make a din [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make din crash, crash into ruins [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make a din or crash, crash into ruins (perhaps akin to שׁוֹאָה (√ שׁוא) storm, devastation; \> Aramaic ܫܗܳܐ be deserted, שַׁהֲוָוא, שַׁהֲוָתָא desert);— Pf. 3 pl. שָׁאוּ Is 6:11 until cities have crashed into ruins; + perhaps Na 1:5 (p. 671a). Impf. 3 fs. תִּשָּׁאֶה שְׁמָמָה Is 6:11, usually, and the ground be ruined into a desolation, but 𝔊 Lo Du Marti תִּשָּׁאֵר be left a desol.; 3 mpl. יִשָּׁא֑וּן Is 17:12 they are in uproar (of nations, ‖ יֶהֱמָיוּן), v 13 (but del. as doublet Du CheHpt. Marti). Inf. cstr. לְהַשְׁאוֹת Is 37:26, = לַהְשׁוֹת 2 K 19:25 (Ges§ 23 f Köi. 570, who follow van d. H. in giving לְהַשְׁאוֹת as Qr, but v. Baer Gi), to cause … cities to crash into ruined heaps.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.12/)

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ה֗וֹי הֲמוֹן֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּהֲמ֥וֹת יַמִּ֖ים יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּשְׁא֣וֹן לְאֻמִּ֔ים כִּשְׁא֛וֹן מַ֥יִם כַּבִּירִ֖ים יִשָּׁאֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[the\].tumult of.peoples many as roar \[the\].seas they roar and.\[the\] uproar of.nations like.\[the\] uproar of.waters mighty they are.in.an.uproar

*JPS 1917:* Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

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[Isaiah 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.13/)

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לְאֻמִּ֗ים כִּשְׁא֞וֹן מַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ יִשָּׁא֔וּן וְגָ֥עַר בּ֖וֹ וְנָ֣ס מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְרֻדַּ֗ף כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ לִפְנֵי־ר֔וּחַ וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* nations like.\[the\] uproar of.waters many they are.in.an.uproar and he.will.rebuke (in) it and it.will.flee from a.distance and it.will.be.chased like chaff of.mountains before a.wind and like whirling.dust before a.storm-wind

*JPS 1917:* The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters; but He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

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